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Elements of Responsible Politics

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  • © 1991

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  1. Bernard P. Dauenhauer

    1. University of Georgia, USA

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Part of the book series: Contributions to Phenomenology (CTPH, volume 7)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Renovating the Problem of Politics

      • Bernard P. Dauenhauer
      Pages 3-17

    3. One Central Link Between Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy of Language and His Political Thought

      • Bernard P. Dauenhauer
      Pages 19-36

    4. Merleau-Ponty's Political Thought: Its Nature and Its Challenge

      • Bernard P. Dauenhauer
      Pages 37-49

    5. Merleau-Ponty on Politics, History, and Violence

      • Bernard P. Dauenhauer
      Pages 51-62

  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Relational Freedom and Its Political Consequences

      • Bernard P. Dauenhauer
      Pages 65-84

    3. I and Mine

      • Bernard P. Dauenhauer
      Pages 85-96

    4. The Interpretation of the Human Way of Being and Its Political Implications

      • Bernard P. Dauenhauer
      Pages 97-113

  4. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-116
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    2. Hope and its Ramifications for Politics

      • Bernard P. Dauenhauer
      Pages 117-137

    3. The Place of Hope in Politics

      • Bernard P. Dauenhauer
      Pages 139-158

  5. Part IV

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Politics and Coercion

      • Bernard P. Dauenhauer
      Pages 161-174

    3. Ideology, Utopia, and Responsible Politics

      • Bernard P. Dauenhauer
      Pages 175-189

    4. Does Anarchy Make Political Sense?

      • Bernard P. Dauenhauer
      Pages 191-206

    5. On Institutions and Power: Deconstruction and an Alternative

      • Bernard P. Dauenhauer
      Pages 207-226

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 227-284
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About this book

This collection of essays draws together work done during a period of more than fifteen years. In the course of these years much has changed, including much about politics. Patterns of political activity have been trans­ formed. Ways in which we had been accustomed to construe politics have been substantially modified and sometimes replaced. Some apparently in­ tractable conflicts have been resolved. Other, apparently more manageable, conflicts have shown shocking durability. A number of political doctrines once considered indefinitely serviceable have lost all relevance. And the material and technical resources at our disposal look strikingly different than they did just a few years ago. Practical politics of whatever stripe encounters at every turn ever more grave environmental degradation. But, or so this collection assumes, not everything political has changed. Some political issues, both "theoretical" and "practical," remain persistently trenchant. Questions like the following demand ever renewed consideration. What is the point and worth of belonging to a political community? What entitlements and responsibilities follow upon such membership? Or even more fundamentally, what conditions are required for there to be politics at all? Taken together, the essays collected in this volume propose a way both to understand and to engage in politics which is properly responsive both to perennial political issues and to the peculiar exigencies of our era. Some of them present criticisms of widely held, warmly cherished ways of addressing political matters. Others propose constructive alternatives.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Georgia, USA

    Bernard P. Dauenhauer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Elements of Responsible Politics

  • Authors: Bernard P. Dauenhauer

  • Series Title: Contributions to Phenomenology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3564-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1329-8Published: 31 July 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5579-6Published: 24 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-3564-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0923-9545

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1915

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 285

  • Topics: Political Philosophy, Phenomenology, Political Science

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