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The public and private distinction is essential to our moral and political vocabularies as it continues to structure our social and legal practices. Public and Private provides a multidisciplinary perspective on this distinction which has been at the centre of controversial debate in recent years. The focus of the debate has been on delineating acceptable boundaries between public and private in economic, social and cultural spheres. What is the nature and scope of citizenship? What are the implications of new reproductive technologies? And what is the fate of state sovereignty in a globalised world economy? At first glance these questions may appear unrelated, yet they all raise underlying and serious concerns regarding the scope and proper boundaries between the public and the private. Public and Private will stimulate the current debate with its original approach and provide a valuable resource for all those interested in the role the public and private play in structuring our societies.
The public and private distinction is essential to our moral and political vocabularies as it continues to structure our social and legal practices. Public and Private provides a multidisciplinary perspective on this distinction which has been at the centre of controversial debate in recent years. The focus of the debate has been on delineating acceptable boundaries between public and private in economic, social and cultural spheres. What is the nature and scope of citizenship? What are the implications of new reproductive technologies? And what is the fate of state sovereignty in a globalised world economy? At first glance these questions may appear unrelated, yet they all raise underlying and serious concerns regarding the scope and proper boundaries between the public and the private. Public and Private will both stimulate the current debate with its original approach and provide a valuable resource for all those interested in the role the public and private play in structuring our societies. eBook available with sample pages: HB:0415166837
Hannah Arendt is considered to be one of the seminal political
thinkers of the 20th century. This study provides a systematic
introduction to her political thought. The author uncovers the four
major concepts underpinning Arendt's work: Modernity, action,
judgement and citizenship. Reconstructing and evaluating her
contribution to political thought, he is able to illustrate her
importance to current debates of a truly democratic political
culture.
Hannah Arendt is recognized as one of the most creative and
original thinkers of the twentieth century. This study provides an
original reconstruction of Arendt's political philosophy, and is
the first to systematically evaluate the four major concepts
underlying her work--modernity, action, judgment, and citizenship.
Taking each concept in turn, "The Political Philosophy of Hannah
Arendt" examines the integrity of Arendt's argument, providing a
philosophical account of her theory of participatory democracy
based on freedom, plurality, and solidarity.
Beginning from the interpretation of these concepts in her work,
d'Entreves assesses Arendt's importance to contemporary debates on
the nature and scope of democratic citizenship, and explores the
conditions necessary for an active and democratic political culture
to flourish. D'Entreves draws out the tensions and ambiguities in
Ardendt's work, arguing that Arendt's conception of active
citizenship and communication provides the best starting point for
the exercise of political agency.
The themes of citizenship and community are today at the center of
a fierce debate as both left and right try to mobilize them for
their cause. For the left such notions are crucial in all the
current attempts to redefine political struggle through extending
and deepening democracy. But, argue the contributors to this
volume, these concepts need to be made compatible with the
pluralism that marks modern democracy. Rather than reject the
liberal tradition, they argue, the aim should be to radicalize it.
These essays set out to examine what types of "citizen" and
"community" might be required by such a radical and plural
democracy. From a range of disciplines and a fruitful diversity of
theoretical perspectives, the contributors help us to address the
following challenge: how to defend the greatest possible pluralism
without destroying the very framework of the democratic political
community. Despite their differences, a vision emerges from these
essays which is sharply at odds both with the universalistic and
rationalistic conception to be found in the work of Habermas, and
with postmodern celebrations of absolute heterogeneity. For this
book is an exploration of politics-of a politics where power,
conflict and antagonism will always play a central role.
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