George Kateb Dignity, Morality, Individuality
Language: English
Published by Routledge, 2014
Series: Book 7 of 14 - Routledge Innovators in Political Theory
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This collection draws together the key works of Kateb, focusing on his writing on Dignity, Morality and Individuality and is framed by a introduction from John Seery, a new essay from Kateb and an interview in which Kateb reflects on the work in the volume. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 481.
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- Title
- George Kateb Dignity, Morality, Individuality
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Publication year
- 2014
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- Neu
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- Gebundene Ausgabe
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1138017493
- ISBN 13
- 9781138017498
- Item weight
- 481 grams
- Series
- Book 7 of 14: Routledge Innovators in Political Theory
George Kateb’s writings have been innovatory in exploring the fundamental quandary of how modern democracy―sovereignty vested in the many―might nevertheless protect, respect, promote, even celebrate the singular, albeit ordinary individual. His essays, often leading to unexpected results, have focused on many inter-related topics: rights, representation, constitutionalism, war, evil, extinction, punishment, privacy, patriotism, and more.
This book focuses in particular on his thought in three key areas:
Dignity
These essays exhibit the breadth and complexity of Kateb’s notion of dignity and outline some implications for political theory. Rather than a solely moral approach to the theory of human rights, he elaborates a human-dignity rationale for the very worth of the human species
Morality
Here Kateb challenges the position that moral considerations are often too demanding to have a place in the rough-and-tumble of modern politics and political analysis. Rejecting common justifications for the propriety of punishment, he insists that state-based punishment is a perplexing moral problem that cannot be allayed by repairing to theories of state legitimacy.
Individuality
These essays gather some of Kateb’s rejoinders and correctives to common conceptions and customary critiques of the theory of democratic individuality. He explains that Locke’s hesitations and religious backtracking are instructive, perhaps as precursors for the ways in which vestigial beliefs can still cloud moral reasoning.
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About the Author
John E. Seery is George Irving Thompson Professor of Government and Professor of Politics at Pomona College, Claremont CA, USA. He has written books on themes such as irony, death, liberal arts education, and constitutional age requirements, and his articles have covered a range of topics, from abortion politics to Grant Wood’s American Gothic.
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