Habermas / Pensky The Postnational Constellation

Political Essays
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-7456-9440-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
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E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten, E-Book

Does a global economy render the traditional nation-state obsolete?Does globalization threaten democratic life, or offer it new formsof expression? What are the implications of globalization for ourunderstanding of politics and of national and cultural identities?
In The Postnational Constellation, the leading Germanphilosopher and social theorist J?rgen Habermas addresses these andother questions. He explores topics such as the historical andpolitical origins of national identity, the catastrophes andachievements of "the long twentieth century," the future ofdemocracy in the wake of the era of the nation-state, the moral andpolitical challenges facing the European Union, and the status ofglobal human rights in the ongoing debate on the sources ofcultural identity. In their scope, critical insight, andargumentative clarity, the essays in The PostnationalConstellation present a powerful vision of the contemporarypolitical scene and of the challenges and opportunities we face inthe new millennium.
Those unfamiliar with Habermas's theoretical work will find in thisvolume a lucid and engaging introduction to one of the world's mostinfluential thinkers. For readers familiar with Habermas'swritings, The Postnational Constellation provides aninvaluable application of his social and political theories tocurrent political realities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Habermas, Jürgen

Pensky, Max

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editor's Introduction.
Foreword.
What is a People? The Frankfurt "Germanists' Assembly" of 1846and the Self-Understanding of the Humanities in theVorm?rz.
On the Public Use of History.
Learning from Catastrophe? A Look Back at the Short TwentiethCentury.
The Postnational Constellation and the Future of Democracy.
Remarks on Legitimation through Human Rights.
Conceptions of Modernity: A Look Back at Two Traditions.
The Differing Rhythms of Philosophy and Politics: HerbertMarcuse at 100.
An Argument against Cloning: Three Replies.
Notes.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

J?rgen Habermas is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at theJohann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt.
The Postnational Constellation is edited, translated andintroduced by Max Pensky