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- Country of Origin
- Chad
- ISBN
- 9780252032974
- Subject Area
- Political Science, Philosophy
- Publication Name
- Politics of Responsibility
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Social, History & Theory, International Relations / General, Public Policy / Social Policy, Political
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Item Weight
- 12.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 184 Pages
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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
ISBN-10
0252032977
ISBN-13
9780252032974
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63181852
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
184 Pages
Publication Name
Politics of Responsibility
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Subject
Social, History & Theory, International Relations / General, Public Policy / Social Policy, Political
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Philosophy
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
12.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2007-044598
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Reviews
"A very good job of demonstrating the unavoidability of the question of responsibility and its particular philosophical difficulties. It is often the case that philosophically sophisticated political theorists avoid the hot-button issues of current topics such as globalization, police brutality, and abortion; or, when contemporary issues are addressed, sophisticated analysis gives way to the standard slogans. One of the strengths of Lavin's work is that contemporary debates animate his philosophical discussion."--Jason Read, author ofThe Micro-Politics of Capital: Marx and the Prehistory of the Present, "A very good job of demonstrating the unavoidability of the question of responsibility and its particular philosophical difficulties. It is often the case that philosophically sophisticated political theorists avoid the hot-button issues of current topics such as globalization, police brutality, and abortion; or, when contemporary issues are addressed, sophisticated analysis gives way to the standard slogans. One of the strengths of Lavin's work is that contemporary debates animate his philosophical discussion."--Jason Read, author of The Micro-Politics of Capital: Marx and the Prehistory of the Present, ''In a timely and provocative theoretical intervention, Lavin deftly critiques liberal notions of responsibility that have consistently forced us to assume political concepts such as limited causality and sovereign individuality. He argues that ontopolitical assumptions hinder our ability to develop truly relevant political responses to a variety of perplexing conditions that we confront in the twenty-first century.'' Bradley J. Macdonald, author of Performing Marx: Contemporary Negotiations of a Living Tradition, "In a timely and provocative theoretical intervention, Lavin deftly critiques liberal notions of responsibility that have consistently forced us to assume political concepts such as limited causality and sovereign individuality. He argues that ontopolitical assumptions hinder our ability to develop truly relevant political responses to a variety of perplexing conditions that we confront in the twenty-first century."--Bradley J. Macdonald, author of Performing Marx: Contemporary Negotiations of a Living Tradition, "In a timely and provocative theoretical intervention, Lavin deftly critiques liberal notions of responsibility that have consistently forced us to assume political concepts such as limited causality and sovereign individuality. He argues that ontopolitical assumptions hinder our ability to develop truly relevant political responses to a variety of perplexing conditions that we confront in the twenty-first century." Bradley J. Macdonald, author of Performing Marx: Contemporary Negotiations of a Living Tradition
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
320.01/1
Table Of Content
Contents Acknowledgements Preface: Responsibility after Liberalism Part 1: Theories of Response 1. Responsible Subjects 2. Making Marx Effective: Postliberal Agency in the Brumaire 3: Judith Butler's Responsible Performance Part 2: Responses of Theory 4. Who Responds to Global Capital? 5. Postliberal Responsibility and the Death of Amadou Diallo 6. Conceptions of Responsibility: On Health as a Choice Conclusion: Forgetting to Forgive Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
The liberal notions of personal responsibility that have dominated political thinking in the West for more than a century are rooted in the familiar territory of individual will and causal blame, but these theories have been assailed as no longer adequate to explain or address the political demands of a global social structure. Informed by Marx, Foucault, and Butler, Chad Lavin argues for a ''postliberal'' theory of responsibility, formulating responsibility as a process that is anchored in a persistent ability to respond, not reproach. Lavin works this formulation through discussions of contemporary political issues such as globalization, police brutality, and abortion., Politics cannot function without responsibility, but there have been serious disagreements about how responsibility is to be understood and huge controversies about how it is to be distributed, rewarded, legislated, and enforced. The liberal notions of personal responsibility that have dominated political thinking in the West for more than a century are rooted in the familiar territory of individual will and causal blame, but these theories have been assailed as no longer adequate to explain or address the political demands of a global social structure. Informed by Marx, Foucault, and Butler, Chad Lavin argues for a "postliberal" theory of responsibility, formulating responsibility as a process that is anchored in a persistent ability to respond, not reproach. Lavin works this formulation through discussions of contemporary political issues such as globalization, police brutality, and abortion. Rather than assigning individual blame, postliberal responsibility challenges the supposed autonomy of individual subjects by taking structural arguments into account. Lavin concludes that a liberal concept of responsibility gives rise to a moralistic and oppressive approach to social problems, while a postliberal approach highlights a shared responsibility for developing collective solutions to systemic problems. Postliberal responsibility not only suggests more generous and democratic responses to social ills, it also allows us to theorize a greater range of issues that demand political response., The liberal notions of personal responsibility that have dominated political thinking in the West for more than a century are rooted in the familiar territory of individual will and causal blame, but these theories have been assailed as no longer adequate to explain or address the political demands of a global social structure. Informed by Marx, ......
LC Classification Number
BJ1451
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