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Rethinking Obligation

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Author : Nancy J. Hirschmann
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-08-06

Rethinking Obligation written by Nancy J. Hirschmann and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-06 with Political Science categories.

In Rethinking Obligation, Nancy J. Hirschmann provides an innovative analysis of liberal obligation theory that uses feminism as a theoretical method for rethinking political obligations from the bottom up. In articulating a feminist method for political theory, Hirschmann skillfully brings together theoretical categories and methods previously seen as opposed: feminist standpoint and postmodernism, gender psychology and anti-essentialism, empiricism and interpretivism. Rethinking Obligation mounts a vital challenge to central aspects of liberal theory. Students and scholars of political philosophy, political theory, feminist theory, and women’s studies will want to read it.

The Oxford Handbook Of Political Obligation

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2025-09-28

The Oxford Handbook Of Political Obligation written by and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-09-28 with Political Science categories.

The Oxford Handbook of Political Obligation offers an authoritative, up-to-date overview of research in this field. In recent decades, scholars have developed strong criticisms of the traditional reasons given to explain political obligations. At present, skepticism about the possibility of a convincing account may well be the dominant position in the literature. These philosophical developments run alongside changed political and social circumstances. In recent years, Western political systems have come under suspicion, with citizens led to question traditional reasons why they should obey them. Additional factors renewing interest in political obligation include the emergence of new democracies in Eastern Europe occasioned by the fall of the Soviet Union and unrest in many American cities, especially over issues of racial justice. This Handbook has two main foci: contemporary philosophical debates about political obligation; and responses to political-social circumstances that raise questions about requirements to obey the law. Traditional theories of obligation are addressed in a series of essays by well-known authorities, while additional essays canvass new approaches, including the possibility of legitimate states without moral requirements to obey them and skeptical conclusions from important theorists. Responses to political and social circumstances include civil disobedience and more radical approaches. In addition, political obligations are addressed as they bear on emerging democracies and unjust and authoritarian regimes.

Deep Symbols

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Author : Edward Farley
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2010-06-15

Deep Symbols written by Edward Farley and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-15 with Religion categories.

Here is an absorbing and exceptionally perceptive account of how deep symbols or words of power (which tend to be a culture's normaltive language) have undergone diminishment in a contemporary postmodern society. Edward Farley explains that such diminishment does not necessarily imply their demise since traces of these symbols remain and invite their rethinking. Two introductory chapters spell out the character and prospect of deep symbols in postmodern society. Then follow five chapters, each of which considers a particular deep symbol: tradition, obligation (duty), reality, law, and hope. A concluding chapter shows the structural entanglement of these symbols with each other and their relation to the sacred and the interhuman. From the opening chapter- "Words of power, that is, deep and enduring symbols that shape the values of a society and guide the life of faith, morality, and action are subject to powerful forces of discreditation and even disenchantment. If this is so, we must find ways to recover their power or live without them." Edward Farley is Professor of Theology at Vanderbilt University and the author of many books, including Good and Evil: Interpreting a Human Condition.

Revisioning The Political

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Author : Nancy J Hirschmann
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-03-05

Revisioning The Political written by Nancy J Hirschmann and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-05 with Political Science categories.

Feminist scholars have been remaking the landscape in political theory, and in this important book some of the most important feminist political theorists provide reconstructions of those concepts most central to the tradition of political philosophy. The goal is nothing less than the construction of a blueprint for a positive feminist theory.Many of these papers are completely new; others are extensions of important earlier work; two are reprints of classic papers. The result is a progress report on the continuing feminist project to re-envision traditional political theory. As such, it constitutes essential reading not only for feminist thinkers but also for traditional philosophers and political theorists, who will need to come to terms with these contemporary critiques and re-readings.

The Subject Of Liberty

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Author : Nancy J. Hirschmann
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-01-10

The Subject Of Liberty written by Nancy J. Hirschmann and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-10 with Political Science categories.

This book reconsiders the dominant Western understandings of freedom through the lens of women's real-life experiences of domestic violence, welfare, and Islamic veiling. Nancy Hirschmann argues that the typical approach to freedom found in political philosophy severely reduces the concept's complexity, which is more fully revealed by taking such practical issues into account. Hirschmann begins by arguing that the dominant Western understanding of freedom does not provide a conceptual vocabulary for accurately characterizing women's experiences. Often, free choice is assumed when women are in fact coerced--as when a battered woman who stays with her abuser out of fear or economic necessity is said to make this choice because it must not be so bad--and coercion is assumed when free choices are made--such as when Westerners assume that all veiled women are oppressed, even though many Islamic women view veiling as an important symbol of cultural identity. Understanding the contexts in which choices arise and are made is central to understanding that freedom is socially constructed through systems of power such as patriarchy, capitalism, and race privilege. Social norms, practices, and language set the conditions within which choices are made, determine what options are available, and shape our individual subjectivity, desires, and self-understandings. Attending to the ways in which contexts construct us as "subjects" of liberty, Hirschmann argues, provides a firmer empirical and theoretical footing for understanding what freedom means and entails politically, intellectually, and socially.

Index To Jewish Periodicals

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Index To Jewish Periodicals written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Jewish literature categories.

An author and subject index to selected and American Anglo-Jewish journals of general and scholarly interests.

Enduring Liberalism

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Author : Robert Booth Fowler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999

Enduring Liberalism written by Robert Booth Fowler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.

"Enduring Liberalism pursues two objectives. One, it explores the political thought of public intellectuals and the general public since the 1960s. Two, it assesses contemporary and classic interpretations of American political thought in light of the study's findings."--BOOK JACKET.

Reason And Obligation

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Author : George R. Wright
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 1994-03-15

Reason And Obligation written by George R. Wright and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-03-15 with Law categories.

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Constitutional Interpretation

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Author : Keith E. Whittington
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999

Constitutional Interpretation written by Keith E. Whittington and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Social Science categories.

With its detailed and wide-ranging explorations in history, philosophy, and law, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in how the Constitution ought to be interpreted and what it means to live under a constitutional government."--BOOK JACKET.

The Best Books For Academic Libraries Political Science Law Education

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Best Books Incorporated
Release Date : 2002

The Best Books For Academic Libraries Political Science Law Education written by and has been published by Best Books Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

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