| Toward a Global Thin Community Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Cosmopolitan Commitment: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Cosmopolitan Commitment Contributor(s): Olssen, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1594514461 ISBN-13: 9781594514463 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $247.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: Toward a Global ???Thin??? Community reexamines aspects of the liberal-communitarian debate. While critical of both traditions, this book argues that a coherent form of communitarianism is the only plausible option for citizens today. Using the theories of Frederich Nietzsche and Michael Foucault, Olssen shows how we can overcome traditional problems with communitarianism by using an ethic of survival that he identifies in the writings of Nietzsche and others to provide a normative framework for twenty-first century politics at both national and global levels. "Thin" communitarianism seeks to surmount traditional liberal objections associated with Hegel and Marx, and to safeguard liberty and difference by applying a robust idea of democracy. This work examines many different themes within the debate, including liberal autonomy, totalitarianism, and multiculturalism. It also considers the work of liberal writers such as Frederic Hayek, Karl Popper, and Isaiah Berlin. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 320.51 |
| LCCN: 2008005958 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 276 pages |
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| Publisher Description: "Toward a Global 'Thin' Community re-examines aspects of the liberal-communitarian debate. While critical of both traditions, this book argues that a coherent form of communitarianism is the only plausible option for citizens today. Using the theories of Friedrich Nietzsche and Michel Foucault, Olssen shows how we can overcome traditional problems with communitarianism by using an ethic of survival that he identifies in the writings of Nietzsche and others to provide a normative framework for twenty-first century politics at both national and global levels. "Thin" communitarianism seeks to surmount traditional objections associated with Hegel and Marx, and to safeguard liberty and difference by applying a robust idea of democracy." |