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Political Responsibility: Responding to Predicaments of Power
Antonio Y. Vazquez-Arroyo
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Hardback. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Scholars in the humanities and social sciences have turned to ethics to theorize politics in what seems to be an increasingly depoliticized age. Yet the move toward ethics has obscured the ongoing value of political responsibility and the vibrant life it represents as an effective response to power. Sounding the alarm for those who care about robust forms of civic engagement, this book fights for a new conception of political responsibility that meets the challenges of today's democratic practice. Antonio Y. Vazquez-Arroyo forcefully argues against the notion that modern predicaments of power can only be addressed ethically or philosophically through ... Read more
Scholars in the humanities and social sciences have turned to ethics to theorize politics in what seems to be an increasingly depoliticized age. Yet the move toward ethics has obscured the ongoing value of political responsibility and the vibrant life it represents as an effective response to power. Sounding the alarm for those who care about robust forms of civic engagement, this book fights for a new conception of political responsibility that meets the challenges of today's democratic practice. Antonio Y. Vazquez-Arroyo forcefully argues against the notion that modern predicaments of power can only be addressed ethically or philosophically through ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
New Directions in Critical Theory
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231174848
SKU
V9780231174848
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About Antonio Y. Vazquez-Arroyo
Antonio Y. Vazquez-Arroyo is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Rutgers University-Newark.
Reviews for Political Responsibility: Responding to Predicaments of Power
What is a distinctly political ethic, one responsive to the unique properties of action and power in setting the terms of collective life? What is a radical democratic ethic, one contoured to substantive equality and power sharing? In this original study, Antonio Y. Vazquez-Arroyo probes every dimension of these timely questions. By turns exquisitely subtle and ardently polemical, Political Responsibility ... Read more