Description
| Product ID: | 9783030523749 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CH |
| Series: | Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations |
| Title: | Identity and the Difficulty of Emancipation |
| Authors: | Author: Volker Kaul |
| Page Count: | 204 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of mind, Social and political philosophy, Religion and politics, Political science and theory, Social & political philosophy, Religion & politics, Political science & theory |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book provides a comprehensive account of the phenomenon of identity in politics, featuring for the first time the question of individual emancipation. This book provides a comprehensive account of the phenomenon of identity in politics, featuring for the first time the question of individual emancipation. It addresses the burning questions of our times, viz. nationalism, populism, Islamic fundamentalism, multiculturalism, postsecularism and postcolonialism. The volume repudiates an easy reconciliation between identity and emancipation, such as it occurs in contemporary liberal and multicultural political theories. It shows that we cannot achieve emancipation without Kant''s help, whereas identity relentlessly draws us back to collective values and the community. The book urges for a new understanding of identity and a politics that instead of accommodating identities seeks to govern them. Identity is the buzzword in the humanities and social sciences, but also the most contentious and least conceptualized term. This book intends to bring theoretical clarity into the debate on how identity plays out in politics. |
| Imprint Name: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Publisher Name: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-08-26 |
