Dissensus Communis Between Ethics and Politics: v.3 - Brossura

Vanahaute, Ap

Brossura

ISBN 10: 903900403X ISBN 13: 9789039004036

Casa editrice: Peeters Pub & Booksellers, 1995

Riassunto

This book reflects on the problematic relation of ethics to politics in our 'democratic' era. If democracy implies the loss of an ultimate foundation for both ethics and political action, how can it be defended against its (ultra-nationalist, fundamentalist,...) critics. Are there reasons for being a 'democrat' and what does it mean to be so or to act 'democratically'. Does this merely imply strict obedience to certain procedures that we call 'democratic' or does a democratic society ask for a democratic attitude or ethos. If so, how can this ethos be defined and grounded. All contributions to this volume articulate answers to these questions or to problems intrinsically related to them (i.e. what is the status of the law when it loses ultimate foundation). They do so by reflecting on the work of some important contemporary French philosophers: Lefort, Lyotard, Derrida, Levinas, Lacan, etc.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Peeters Pub & Booksellers
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 903900403X
• ISBN 13: 9789039004036
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 154
• Redattore: Birmingham P.