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5%OFFWilliam E. Connolly - Identity/Difference: Democratic Negotiations of Political Paradox - 9780816640867 - V9780816640867
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Identity/Difference: Democratic Negotiations of Political Paradox

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Description for Identity/Difference: Democratic Negotiations of Political Paradox Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.

A new edition of this classic work on the idea of difference.

In this foundational work in contemporary political theory, William Connolly makes a distinctive contribution to our understanding of the relationship between personal identity and democratic politics, particularly in the domains of religion, ethics, sexuality, and ethnicity. Every identity, Connolly argues, whether individual or social, presents us with a fundamental and troubling paradox: an identity establishes itself in relation to a set of differences, and it operates under powerful pressures to fix, regulate, or exclude some of these differences as otherness. The dignity of a people or political regime, and ... Read more

In a substantial new essay, Connolly responds to the heated controversy surrounding his ideas when Identity\Difference was first published in 1991, while augmenting his discussion of the virtues of critical responsiveness. The issues of identity and difference cannot be ignored, he contends, and are ubiquitous in modern life.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816640867
SKU
V9780816640867
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Ref
99-50

About William E. Connolly
William E. Connolly is professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at The Johns Hopkins University. His most recent books are Why I Am Not a Secularist (1999) and The Ethos of Pluralization (1995), both published by Minnesota. His work The Terms of Political Discourse won the 1999 Benjamin Lippincott Award.

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