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The source of hospitality lies in the fundamental ethical
experiences that make up the fabric of the social lives of people.
Therein lies a primary form of humanity. Whether we are guests or
hosts, this reveals our situation in a world made up of receiving
and meeting, leaving room for the liberty to give and receive
beyond the imperatives of reciprocity. This book proposes an ethic
that promotes the possibility of stirring emotion before that of
protecting ourselves from unexpected encounters. Fundamental
ethical competence consists of opening up to the wholly other and
to others, to be accessible to the world's solicitations. There is
moral superiority of vulnerable love over control and moderation,
of generous passion over rational prudence and of excess over
exchange. Constructing an ethic of hospitality is essential at a
time when we are torn between the imperatives of modernization and
growth and the demands of concern and protection. The experience we
all have today, that of the fragility of the world, is giving rise
to a powerful tendency toward solicitude. From such a perspective,
the duty of individuals no longer consists of protecting themselves
from society, but of defending it, taking care of a social fabric
outside of which no identity can be formed.
Humans may be the only creatures conscious of having a future, but
all too often we would rather not think about it. Likewise, our
societies, unable to deal with radical uncertainty, do not make
policies with a view to the long term. Instead, we suffer from a
sense of powerlessness, collective irrationality, and perennial
political discontent.
In "The Future and Its Enemies," Spanish philosopher Daniel
Innerarity makes a plea for a new social contract that would commit
us to moral and political responsibility with respect to future
generations. He urges us to become advocates for the future in the
face of enemies who, oblivious to the costs of modernization, press
for endless and unproductive acceleration. His accessible book
proposes a new way of confronting the unknown--one grounded in the
calculation of risk. Declaring the classical right-left divide to
be redundant, Innerarity presents his hopes for a renewed democracy
and a politics that would find convincing ways to mediate between
the priorities of the present, the heritage of the past, and the
challenges that lie ahead.
This book calls for a philosophical consideration of the
development, challenges and successes of the European Union. The
author argues that conceptual innovation is essential if progress
on the European project is to be made; new meanings, rather than
financial or institutional engineering solutions, will help solve
the crisis. By applying a philosophical approach to diagnosing the
EU crisis, the book reconsiders the basic concepts of democracy in
the context of the complex reality of the EU and the globalised
world where profound social and political changes are taking place.
It will be of interest to students and scholars interested in EU
politics, political theory and philosophy.
This book calls for a philosophical consideration of the
development, challenges and successes of the European Union. The
author argues that conceptual innovation is essential if progress
on the European project is to be made; new meanings, rather than
financial or institutional engineering solutions, will help solve
the crisis. By applying a philosophical approach to diagnosing the
EU crisis, the book reconsiders the basic concepts of democracy in
the context of the complex reality of the EU and the globalised
world where profound social and political changes are taking place.
It will be of interest to students and scholars interested in EU
politics, political theory and philosophy.
Humans may be the only creatures conscious of having a future, but
all too often we would rather not think about it. Likewise, our
societies, unable to deal with radical uncertainty, do not make
policies with a view to the long term. Instead, we suffer from a
sense of powerlessness, collective irrationality, and perennial
political discontent.
In "The Future and Its Enemies," Spanish philosopher Daniel
Innerarity makes a plea for a new social contract that would commit
us to moral and political responsibility with respect to future
generations. He urges us to become advocates for the future in the
face of enemies who, oblivious to the costs of modernization, press
for endless and unproductive acceleration. His accessible book
proposes a new way of confronting the unknown--one grounded in the
calculation of risk. Declaring the classical right-left divide to
be redundant, Innerarity presents his hopes for a renewed democracy
and a politics that would find convincing ways to mediate between
the priorities of the present, the heritage of the past, and the
challenges that lie ahead.
When we talk about globalization, we tend to focus on its social
and economic benefits. In Governance in the New Global Disorder,
the political philosopher Daniel Innerarity considers its
unsettling and largely unacknowledged consequences. The "opening"
of different societies to new ideas, products, and forms of
prosperity has introduced a persistent uncertainty, or disorder,
into everyday life. Multinational corporations have weakened
sovereignty. We no longer know who is in control or who is
responsible. Economies can collapse without sufficient warning, and
the effort to rebuild can drag on for years. Piracy is everywhere.
Is there any way to balance the interests of state, marketplace,
and society in this new construct of power? Since national
economies have become deterritorialized and political
interdependencies aggravate our common vulnerabilities, Innerarity
contends that there is no other solution except to move toward
global governance and a denationalization of justice. Globalization
tries to unify the world through technologies, the economy, and
cultural products and styles, but it cannot articulate or regulate
political and legal equivalents. Everyone faces the same risks to
their security, food supply, health, financial stability, and
environment, and these risks demand a new global politics of
humanity. In her foreword, the sociologist Saskia Sassen isolates
the key takeaways from Innerarity's argument and the solutions they
present to growing global tensions.
The source of hospitality lies in the fundamental ethical
experiences that make up the fabric of the social lives of people.
Therein lies a primary form of humanity. Whether we are guests or
hosts, this reveals our situation in a world made up of receiving
and meeting, leaving room for the liberty to give and receive
beyond the imperatives of reciprocity. This book proposes an ethic
that promotes the possibility of stirring emotion before that of
protecting ourselves from unexpected encounters. Fundamental
ethical competence consists of opening up to the wholly other and
to others, to be accessible to the world's solicitations. There is
moral superiority of vulnerable love over control and moderation,
of generous passion over rational prudence and of excess over
exchange. Constructing an ethic of hospitality is essential at a
time when we are torn between the imperatives of modernization and
growth and the demands of concern and protection. The experience we
all have today, that of the fragility of the world, is giving rise
to a powerful tendency toward solicitude. From such a perspective,
the duty of individuals no longer consists of protecting themselves
from society, but of defending it, taking care of a social fabric
outside of which no identity can be formed.
Politics in the Times of Indignation provides a critical look at
Western liberal democracies in crisis, to provide us with the
theoretical tools to make sense of the political disorientation of
our times. Indispensable for understanding the present state of
democratic societies, this book is a lens through which we can
study numerous contemporary developments. He examines the popular
indignation that has accompanied the crisis of governmental
legitimacy, which is aggravated by the economic crisis in various
countries and demonstrated by groups such as the Occupy Wall Street
Movement in the US, Podemos in Spain, or La France Insoumise in
France. At the same time, Innerarity endeavors to offer a
universal, rather than a merely circumstantial, interpretation of
the transformations that are still ongoing in our political
systems, as well as of those that need to be put in place in order
to satisfy the expectations and rights of democratic citizenship.
Politics in the Times of Indignation represents a guiding thread
through political developments, as well as a conceptual tool-box
for understanding the meaning of the current crisis of
representation, the fate of political parties, the relation between
ethics and politics, and how politics can become an intelligent
enterprise.
Politics in the Times of Indignation provides a critical look at
Western liberal democracies in crisis, to provide us with the
theoretical tools to make sense of the political disorientation of
our times. Indispensable for understanding the present state of
democratic societies, this book is a lens through which we can
study numerous contemporary developments. He examines the popular
indignation that has accompanied the crisis of governmental
legitimacy, which is aggravated by the economic crisis in various
countries and demonstrated by groups such as the Occupy Wall Street
Movement in the US, Podemos in Spain, or La France Insoumise in
France. At the same time, Innerarity endeavors to offer a
universal, rather than a merely circumstantial, interpretation of
the transformations that are still ongoing in our political
systems, as well as of those that need to be put in place in order
to satisfy the expectations and rights of democratic citizenship.
Politics in the Times of Indignation represents a guiding thread
through political developments, as well as a conceptual tool-box
for understanding the meaning of the current crisis of
representation, the fate of political parties, the relation between
ethics and politics, and how politics can become an intelligent
enterprise.
According to the European Commission, Europe is facing a
transversal crisis that obliges the rethinking and redefinition of
its narrative. As a result of the economic crisis that has affected
Europe during the past years, Europe has in turn faced a structural
crisis that forces the reconsideration of its own existence. The
foundation of the European project, the promises of Democracy and
Human Dignity, need to be assessed. The internal crisis and global
challenges require a paradigm shift to establish a new foundation
upon which to keep those promises alive. This crisis is
multidimensional: environmental, cultural, political, social,
economic, etc. and the European Union should tackle it as such. The
book aims at contributing to that debate by offering a new
conceptual approach to the core ideas of European integration
process (sovereignty, diversity, common challenges, etc). By doing
so, the edited volume settles the ground for some institutional and
legal transformations that may reflect this new narrative for a new
Europe.
According to the European Commission, Europe is facing a
transversal crisis that obliges the rethinking and redefinition of
its narrative. As a result of the economic crisis that has affected
Europe during the past years, Europe has in turn faced a structural
crisis that forces the reconsideration of its own existence. The
foundation of the European project, the promises of Democracy and
Human Dignity, need to be assessed. The internal crisis and global
challenges require a paradigm shift to establish a new foundation
upon which to keep those promises alive. This crisis is
multidimensional: environmental, cultural, political, social,
economic, etc. and the European Union should tackle it as such. The
book aims at contributing to that debate by offering a new
conceptual approach to the core ideas of European integration
process (sovereignty, diversity, common challenges, etc). By doing
so, the edited volume settles the ground for some institutional and
legal transformations that may reflect this new narrative for a new
Europe.
The European Union seems to have rescued its single currency, but
it has not yet put an end to the crisis. In this major new book, a
group of fifteen international philosophers, economists, political
scientists, sociologists and legal experts compare the various
interpretations of the European crisis (economic, political,
constitutional, social and cultural). They describe the challenges
the EU faces in relation to legitimacy and democracy and address
head on the uncertainty over the future of Europe. The book
consider different possible scenarios: from the Union's
dissolution, with or without the continuation of the integration
process, to its reinforcement, through the building of a political
Union addressing the challenges of legitimacy, democracy and
justice. Such a strengthened Union could mark a new stage for
democracy, not the democracy of ancient cities and modern states,
but the one convenient to the complex entities, neither national
nor supra-national, of which the European Union, despite the
crisis, is still today the best example.
The European Union seems to have rescued its single currency, but
it has not yet put an end to the crisis. In this major new book, a
group of fifteen international philosophers, economists, political
scientists, sociologists and legal experts compare the various
interpretations of the European crisis (economic, political,
constitutional, social and cultural). They describe the challenges
the EU faces in relation to legitimacy and democracy and address
head on the uncertainty over the future of Europe. The book
consider different possible scenarios: from the Union's
dissolution, with or without the continuation of the integration
process, to its reinforcement, through the building of a political
Union addressing the challenges of legitimacy, democracy and
justice. Such a strengthened Union could mark a new stage for
democracy, not the democracy of ancient cities and modern states,
but the one convenient to the complex entities, neither national
nor supra-national, of which the European Union, despite the
crisis, is still today the best example.
This volume in the Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy
series extends democracy to knowledge in two ways. First, it argues
that the issues science seeks to clarify are relevant for all
citizens. Second, it explains that the fundamental problems faced
by any democracy, such as the economic crisis, are not so much
problems of political will as cognitive failures that must be
resolved through both a greater knowledge of the realities over
which we govern and a fine-tuning of the tools of governance. In
fact, knowledge and related fields are spheres in which not only
economic prosperity, but also democratic quality, are determined.
Thus politics of knowledge and through knowledge has become a
question of democratic citizenship. After introducing the concept
of governing knowledge, the book discusses the political action of
collective organization of uncertainty, before developing the idea
of the cognitive challenge of the economy, revealed by today's
economic crisis. A groundbreaking work by a renowned philosopher,
it will be an accessible and fundamental resource for anyone
interested in the relation of power to knowledge.
Humanity at Risk compares diverse approaches to the theme of global
threats using the tools of philosophy, critical theory, and
political thought alongside more practical, socio-political
observations. By defining the idea of "global risk" more
specifically, Editors Innerarity and Solana, and their
contributors, believe we can understand how these risks should be
evaluated, predicted, and managed within the framework of
democratic societies.The goal of this book is to highlight more
precisely the necessity, in the face of new global risks, for new
governance at a national, European, and global level.
This volume in the Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy
series extends democracy to knowledge in two ways. First, it argues
that the issues science seeks to clarify are relevant for all
citizens. Second, it explains that the fundamental problems faced
by any democracy, such as the economic crisis, are not so much
problems of political will as cognitive failures that must be
resolved through both a greater knowledge of the realities over
which we govern and a fine-tuning of the tools of governance. In
fact, knowledge and related fields are spheres in which not only
economic prosperity, but also democratic quality, are determined.
Thus politics of knowledge and through knowledge has become a
question of democratic citizenship. After introducing the concept
of governing knowledge, the book discusses the political action of
collective organization of uncertainty, before developing the idea
of the cognitive challenge of the economy, revealed by today's
economic crisis. A groundbreaking work by a renowned philosopher,
it will be an accessible and fundamental resource for anyone
interested in the relation of power to knowledge.
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