Description: Rewriting Democracy by Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth Illuminating and comprehensive, this excellent volume addresses the problematic relationship between democratic institutions and the current critique of enlightenment and modernity. It focuses on the terms and conditions under which it would be possible to prevent events such as 9/11 or the genocide in Darfur in the future. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Illuminating and comprehensive, this excellent volume addresses the problematic relationship between democratic institutions and the current critique of enlightenment and modernity. Since at least the beginning of the twentieth century, and across the range of practice from science to politics to art, various cultural shifts have unsettled assumptions that have been fundamental to the development of democratic institutions: assumptions concerning individual identity, the nature of political systems, and the viability of egalitarian ideals. Can democracy survive these changes to the value systems upon which it has been based for over two centuries? This study does not focus on the often repeated particulars of past or current events such as 9/11 or the genocide in Darfur, but instead examines the terms and conditions under which it would be possible to prevent such events in the future. Flap "Noddings delves deeper into the study of care ethics, an area she pioneered, and emerges with new, sure to be controversial ideas on gender differences, moral development and caring. Anyone interested in these topics will want to read this book."--Michael Slote, author of The Ethics of Care and Empathy "Noddings presents us with a unique and provocative way to look at basic moral caring. This work from one of Americas most prominent intellectual figures is sure to change how we understand ethical and moral evolution."--Jean Watson, University of Colorado Denver Author Biography Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth is Saintsbury Professor Emerita at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She writes on the cultural history and current crisis of representation in western societies, and on the oppportunities it presents for rethinking commonly held understandings of political and personal life. She has held several distinguished appointments on both sides of the Atlantic. Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth, Edward W. Said, Chantal Mouffe, Mark Bevir, Fran Tonkiss, Kristyn Gorton, Jeremy F. Lane, Thomas Vargish. Table of Contents Contents: Preface; Democracy and postmodernity: the problem, Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth; Citizenship, Resistance, and Democracy, Edward W. Said; Democracy as agonistic pluralism, Chantal Mouffe; Post-foundationalism and social democracy, Mark Bevir; Rewriting equality: difference, social justice, and postsocialist politics, Fran Tonkiss; The politics of equality and the media: The Example of Feminism, Kristyn Gorton; Universal Ideals in a Multicultural Age: Pierre Bourdieus recent theory and politics, Jeremy F. Lane; Self-Qualifying Systems: Consensus and Dissent in Postmodernity, Thomas Vargish; Index. Review It is rare that a single volume provides such a comprehending cognitive mapping of where we are today. For anyone interested not merely in social theory but, even more, in the fate of our freedoms, this book is a MUST. Slavoj Zizek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Long Description This volume addresses the problematic relationship between democratic institutions and the current critique of enlightenment and modernity. Since at least the beginning of the twentieth century various cultural shifts have unsettled fundamental assumptions basic to the development of democratic institutions such as individual identity, the nature of political systems and egalitarian ideals. These changes have taken place across the range of cultural expression from science to politics, from art to economics. Can democracy survive these changes to the value systems upon which it has been based for over two centuries? This study does not focus on the often repeated particulars of past or current events such as 9/11 or the genocide in Darfur, but instead focuses on the terms and conditions under which it would be possible to prevent such events in the future. Review Quote It is rare that a single volume provides such a comprehending cognitive mapping of where we are today. For anyone interested not merely in social theory but, even more, in the fate of our freedoms, this book is a MUST.Professor Slavoj Zizek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Details ISBN0754649725 Year 2007 ISBN-10 0754649725 ISBN-13 9780754649724 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2007-01-28 Subtitle Cultural Politics in Postmodernity Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth DEWEY 321.8 Birth 1939 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Pages 148 Author Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth Illustrations black & white illustrations Short Title Rewriting Democracy Language English Media Book DOI 10.1604/9780754649724 UK Release Date 2007-01-28 AU Release Date 2007-01-28 NZ Release Date 2007-01-28 Alternative 9781138271142 Audience Undergraduate Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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Publication Name: Rewriting Democracy: Cultural Politics in Postmodernity
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