Unsettling the world Edward Said and political theory
"Jeanne Morefield synthesizes Palestinian American theorist and cultural critic Edward Said's critical humanism as a conceptual approach for addressing crises in contemporary global politics that demands reflection about historical context and the nature of the collective public before con...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London
Rowman & Littlefield
[2022]
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| Schriftenreihe: | Modernity and political thought
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Jeanne Morefield synthesizes Palestinian American theorist and cultural critic Edward Said's critical humanism as a conceptual approach for addressing crises in contemporary global politics that demands reflection about historical context and the nature of the collective public before considering solutions to perceived problems. Said's approach to humanistic inquiry speaks directly to the way scholars of international ethics who speak from a liberal internationalist perspective react to global crises by fixating on the international status quo, often advocating global order for global order's sake. In the process, Said's humanism transforms the very idea of what it means to theorize global ethics in a postcolonial age and offers a clarifying way to navigate through foreign policy discussions with conflicting interest groups and ideologies"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | lix, 285 Seiten 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781442260283 9781538168622 |