Tragedy and Citizenship

Tragedy and Citizenship
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-10 : 9780791477403
ISBN-13 : 0791477401
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Download or read book Tragedy and Citizenship written by Derek W. M. Barker and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2008-11-05 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tragedy and Citizenship provides a wide-ranging exploration of attitudes toward tragedy and their implications for politics. Derek W. M. Barker reads the history of political thought as a contest between the tragic view of politics that accepts conflict and uncertainty, and an optimistic perspective that sees conflict as self-dissolving. Drawing on Aristotle's political thought, alongside a novel reading of the Antigone that centers on Haemon, its most neglected character, Barker provides contemporary democratic theory with a theory of tragedy. He sees Hegel's philosophy of reconciliation as a critical turning point that results in the elimination of citizenship. By linking Hegel's failure to address the tragic dimensions of politics to Richard Rorty, John Rawls, and Judith Butler, Barkeroffers a major reassessment of contemporary political theory and a fresh perspective on the most urgent challenges facing democratic politics. Derek W. M. Barker is a program officer at the Kettering Foundation.


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