Author : Derek W. M. Barker
Release : 2008-11-05
Genre : Philosophy
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Tragedy and Citizenship - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tragedy and Citizenship write by Derek W. M. Barker. This book was released on 2008-11-05. Tragedy and Citizenship available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.