Identity and the difficulty of emancipation /
This book provides a comprehensive account of the phenomenon of identity in politics, featuring for the first time the question of individual emancipation. It addresses the burning questions of our times, viz. nationalism, populism, Islamic fundamentalism, multiculturalism, postsecularism and postco...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
[2020]
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| Series: | Philosophy and politics, critical explorations ;
v. 13. |
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Identity and the Difficulty of Emancipation
- Part I: Liberalism in Search of Identity
- Chapter 2. Liberal Nationalism
- Chapter 3. Freedom and Identity
- Chapter 4. Psychology, Autonomy and Liberalism
- Chapter 5. Identity, Difference and Anti-Essentialism
- Chapter 6. Agency, Psychology and the Self: The Case of Religious Fundamentalism
- Part II: Identity and the Quest for Multiculturalism
- Chapter 7. Multiculturalism, Islam and Suicide Bombers
- Chapter 8. Foundations of Multiculturalism (1): Self-Knowledge
- Chapter 9. Foundations of Multiculturalism (2): Recognition
- Chapter 10. Islam and Democracy
- Part III: Identity Politics
- Chapter 11. Populism
- Chapter 12. Postsecularism
- Chapter 13. Postcolonialism
- Chapter 14. Communalism in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Reintegration of Child Soldiers
- Chapter 15. For the Time Being: Modus Vivendi Liberalism or Political Liberalism?.