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6%OFFEngin F. Isin - Being Political: Genealogies of Citizenship - 9780816632725 - V9780816632725
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Being Political: Genealogies of Citizenship

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Description for Being Political: Genealogies of Citizenship Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.

A provocative counterhistory-and a bold new approach-to notions of citizenship.

What does it mean to be political? Every age has based its answer on citizenship, bequeathing us such indelible images as that of the Greek citizen exercising his rights and obligations in the agora, the Roman citizen conducting himself in the forum, medieval citizens receiving their charter before the guildhall. Being Political disrupts these images by approaching citizenship as otherness, presenting a powerful critique of universalistic and orientalist interpretations of the origins of citizenship and a persuasive alternative history of the present struggles over citizenship.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816632725
SKU
V9780816632725
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About Engin F. Isin
Engin F. Isin is associate professor in the Division of Social Science at York University in Toronto.

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