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9780791476291

Tragedy and Citizenship : Conflict, Reconciliation, and Democracy from Haemon to Hegel

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    9780791476291

  • ISBN10:

    0791476294

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-11-06
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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"Tragedy and Citizenship provides a wide-ranging exploration of attitudes toward tragedy and their implications for politics. Derek W. M. Barker reads the history of political thought as a contest between the tragic view of politics that accepts conflict and uncertainty, and an optimistic perspective that sees conflict as self-dissolving. Drawing on Aristotle's political thought, alongside a novel reading of the Antigone that centers on Haemon, its most neglected character, Barker provides contemporary democratic theory with a theory of tragedy. He sees Hegel's philosophy of reconciliation as a critical turning point that results in the elimination of citizenship. By linking Hegel's failure to address the tragic dimensions of politics to Richard Rorty, John Rawls, and Judith Butler, Barker offers a major reassessment of contemporary political theory and a fresh perspective on the most urgent challenges facing democratic politics."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introduction: Conflict, Reconciliation, and Citizenshipp. 1
Listening to Haemon: Citizenship in the Antigonep. 19
Pity, Fear, and Citizenship: The Politics of Aristotle's Poeticsp. 41
Hegel and the Politics of Reconciliationp. 63
Redescription as Reconciliation: Richard Rortyp. 87
John Rawls and Hegelian Political Philosophyp. 105
Judith Butler's Postmodern Antigonep. 119
Conclusion: Tragedy, Citizenship, and the Human Conditionp. 139
Notesp. 151
Bibliographyp. 173
Indexp. 183
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