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Political Encounters A Hermeneutic Inquiry into the Situation of Political Obligation
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Political Encounters [electronic resource] : A Hermeneutic Inquiry into the Situation of Political Obligation / by Ruairidh J. Brown.
ISBN
9783030173401
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
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1 online resource (XI, 213 p.) 1 illus.
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Summary
This book takes the novel approach of framing Political Obligation as a situation rather than a problem. By doing so, Political Obligation is not considered as an issue to be solved, but a central condition of existence to be investigated and understood. The book launches a hermeneutic inquiry into how this relationship of obligation is constructed through encounters in which the citizen comes face-to-face with the existential manifestations of the State. The book first discusses the dominant approaches to Political Obligation to elucidate the benefits of an existential hermeneutical approach. The notion of encounter is then developed into a hermeneutic approach capable of uncovering and interpreting the arguments, ideas, and narratives of obligation as are communicated in political communities. Finally, the limitations of this approach are considered in reference to the concerns of the Post-truth era. .
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Language
English
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June 05, 2019
Contents
1. Introduction
2. The ‘Rational Individual’- Rational Paradigms of Political Obligation
3. The Importance of Tradition and Culture- Context-based Paradigms of Political Obligation
4. The Oppressor and the Oppressed- Marxist and Other Critical Paradigms of Political Obligation
5. Inside the Situation- Introducing the Hermeneutic Concept of Encounter
6.The Encounter and Obligation
7. Political Obligation and the Post-truth Era- Limitation, Critique, and a Defense of the Approach through the Encounter
8. Conclusion. .
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