Paul Ricoeur - The Promise and Risk of Politics

Paul Ric ur, with Rawls, Walzer, and Habermas as some of his main interlocuters, has developed a substantial and distinctive body of political thought. On the one hand, it articulates a rich conception of the paradoxical character of the domain of politics. On the other, it provides a fresh approach to such major topics as the relationship among politics, economics, and ethics and between concern for universal human rights and respect for cultural plurality. His work, rooted as it is in Aristotle, Kant, and Hegel, also provides resources for a fruitful rethinking of the issues at stake in the liberal-communitarian debate.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Roots: An Introduction Chapter 2 Early Political Thought Chapter 3 Conceptual Advances Chapter 4 Action, Agents and Their Identities Chapter 5 From the Ethical Aim to the Moral Norm Chapter 6 From the Moral Norm to Practical Wisdom Chapter 7 Political Fragility Chapter 8 Political Responsibility Chapter 9 Assessment

About the author

By Bernard P. Dauenhauer

Summary

Paul Ricoeur has developed a substantial and distinctive body of political thought. This study looks at the paradoxical character of the domain of politics and provides an approach to topics such as the relationship among politics, economics and ethics.

Product details

• Authors: Bernard P Dauenhauer, Bernard P. Dauenhauer
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780847692361
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9236-1
• No. of pages: 348
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 608 g
• Series: 20th Century Political Thinkers; 20th Century Political Thinker; 20th Century Political Thinkers; 20th Century Political Thinker
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education