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Political Responsibility for a Globalised World
Ernst Wolff
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Description for Political Responsibility for a Globalised World
Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
The aim of this book is to reflect on the complex practice of responsibility within the context of a globalised world and contemporary means of action. Levinas' exploration of the ethical serves as point of entry and is shown to be seeking inter-cultural political relevance through engagement with the issues of postcoloniality and humanism. Yet, Levinas fails to realise the ethical implications of the inevitable instrumental mediation between ethical meaning and political practice. With recourse to Weber, Apel and Ricoeur, Ernst Wolff proposes a theory of strategic co-responsibility for the uncertain global context of practice.
The aim of this book is to reflect on the complex practice of responsibility within the context of a globalised world and contemporary means of action. Levinas' exploration of the ethical serves as point of entry and is shown to be seeking inter-cultural political relevance through engagement with the issues of postcoloniality and humanism. Yet, Levinas fails to realise the ethical implications of the inevitable instrumental mediation between ethical meaning and political practice. With recourse to Weber, Apel and Ricoeur, Ernst Wolff proposes a theory of strategic co-responsibility for the uncertain global context of practice.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837616941
SKU
V9783837616941
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About Ernst Wolff
Ernst Wolff (Prof. Dr.) teaches philosophy at the University of Pretoria (South Africa) and is Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities at Essen (Germany). His research covers hermeneutics, social and political philosophy and the philosophy of technology.
Reviews for Political Responsibility for a Globalised World
Reviewed in: PW-Portal, 11 (2011), Björn Wagner Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 15/5 (2012), Eva Buddeberg Cahiers d'Etudes Lévinassiennes, 12 (2013), Jack Marsh Tijdschrift voor Filosofie,76/1 (2014), Martine Berenpas