| Acts of Citizenship Contributor(s): Isin, Engin F. (Editor), Nielsen, Greg M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1842779516 ISBN-13: 9781842779514 Publisher: Zed Books OUR PRICE: $113.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: This book introduces the concept "acts of citizenship" in order to re-orientate the way citizenship studies has been investigated over the last decade. The authors argue that investigating acts of citizenship in terms irreducible to either status or practice, while still valuing this distinction, requires a focus on those moments and processes whereby subjects constitute themselves as citizens.
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civics & Citizenship - Philosophy | Political - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 323.6 |
| LCCN: 2007041573 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.38" W x 9.27" (1.33 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book introduces the concept of 'act of citizenship' and in doing so, re-orients the study of what it means to be a citizen. Isin and Nielsen show that an 'act of citizenship' is the event through which subjects constitute themselves as citizens. They claim that such an act involves both responsibility and answerability, but is ultimately irreducible to either. This study of citizenship is truly interdisciplinary, drawing not only on new developments in politics, sociology, geography and anthropology, but also on psychoanalysis, philosophy and history. Ranging from Antigone and Socrates in the ancient world to checkpoints, euthanasia and flash mobs in the modern one, the 'acts' and chapters here build up a dynamic and wide-ranging picture. Acts of Citizenship provides important new insights for all those concerned with the relationship between individuals, groups and polities. |