PoliticsinDarkTimes

作者 Seyla Benhabib著
出版社 CambridgeUniversityPress
出版时间 2010年10月
ISBN 9780521127226
定价 212.90

内容简介

ThisoutstandingcollectionofessaysexploresHannahArendt'sthoughtagainstthebackgroundofrecentworld-politicaleventsunfoldingsinceSeptember11,2001,andengagesinacontentiousdialoguewithoneofthegreatestpoliticalthinkersofthepastcentury,withtheconvictionthatsheremainsoneofourcontemporaries.Themessuchasmoralandpoliticalequality,action,judgmentandfreedomarere-evaluatedwithfreshinsightsbyagroupofthinkerswhoarethemselveswellknownfortheiroriginalcontributionstopoliticalthought.Otheressaysfocusonnovelandlittle-discussedthemesintheliteraturebyhighlightingArendt'sviewsofsovereignty,internationallawandgenocide,nuclearweaponsandrevolutions,imperialismandEurocentrism,andhercontrastingimagesofEuropeandAmerica.EachessaydisplaysnotonlysuperbArendtscholarshipbutalsostylisticflairandanalyticaltenacity.

作者简介

SeylaBenhabibistheEugeneMeyerProfessorofPoliticalScienceandPhilosophyatYaleUniversity.SheistheauthorofCritique,NormandUtopia:AStudyoftheNormativeFoundationsofCriticalTheory;SituatingtheSelf:Gender,CommunityandPostmodernisminContemporaryEthics;FeminismasCritique(coauthoredwithJudithButler,DrucillaCornell,andNancyFraser);TheReluctantModernismofHannahArendt;TheClaimsofCulture:EqualityandDiversityintheGlobalEra;TheRightsofOthers:Aliens,CitizensandResidents;andAnotherCosmopolitanism:Hospitality,SovereigntyandDemocraticIterations.Herworkhasbeentranslatedinto14languages,andshewastherecipientofthe2009ErnstBlochPrize.

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