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Patriotism and Other Mistakes (Paperback)
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Patriotism and Other Mistakes (Paperback)
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A thought-provoking and timely book by a major American political
theorist George Kateb has been one of the most respected and
influential political theorists of the last quarter century. His
work stands apart from that of many of his contemporaries and
resists easy summary. In these essays Kateb often admonishes
himself, in Socratic fashion, to keep political argument as far as
possible negative: to be willing to assert what we are not, and
what we will not do, and to build modestly from there some account
of what we are and what we ought to do. Drawing attention to the
non-rational character of many motives that drive people to
construct and maintain a political order, he urges greater
vigilance in political life and cautions against "mistakes" not
usually acknowledged as such. Patriotism is one such mistake, too
often resulting in terrible brutality and injustices. He asks us to
consider how commitments to ideals of religion, nation, race,
ethnicity, manliness, and courage find themselves in the service of
immoral ends, and he exhorts us to remember the dignity of the
individual. The book is divided into three sections. In the first,
Kateb discusses the expansion of state power (including such topics
as surveillance) and the justifications for war recently made by
American policy makers. The second section offers essays in moral
psychology, and the third comprises fresh interpretations of major
thinkers in the tradition of political thought, from Socrates to
Arendt.
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