Social Bonds as Freedom: Revisiting the Dichotomy of the Universal and the Particular

Published by Berghahn Books 2015

Social Bonds as Freedom

Revisiting the Dichotomy of the Universal and the Particular

Edited by: Paul Dumouchel and Reiko Gotoh

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782386940

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Central to discussions of multiculturalism and minority rights in modern liberal societies is the idea that the particular demands of minority groups contradict the requirements of equality, anonymity, and universality for citizenship and belonging. The contributors to this volume question the significance of this dichotomy between the universal and the particular, arguing that it reflects how the modern state has instituted the basic rights and obligations of its members and that these institutions are undergoing fundamental transformations under the pressure of globalization. They show that the social bonds uniting groups constitute the means of our freedom, rather than obstacles to achieving the universal.

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Paul Dumouchel is Professor of philosophy at the Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto. He is the author of Le sacrifice inutile essai sur la violence politique (Paris: Flammarion, 2011) and The Ambivalence of Scarcity and Other Essays (Michigan State University Press, 2014) and co-edited with Rieko Gotoh Against Injustice the New Economics of Amartya Sen (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

Reiko Gotoh is Professor at the Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo. She is the author of Economical Philosophy of Justice: Rawls and Sen (Toyo Keizai Shinposha, 2002, in Japanese) and co-edited, with Paul Dumouchel, Against Injustice: The New Economics of Amartya Sen (Cambridge University Press, 2009) and, with Amartya Sen, Well-Being and Justice (University of Tokyo Press, 2008, in Japanese).

Paul Dumouchel is Professor of philosophy at the Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto. He is the author of Le sacrifice inutile essai sur la violence politique (Paris: Flammarion, 2011) and The Ambivalence of Scarcity and Other Essays (Michigan State University Press, 2014) and co-edited with Rieko Gotoh Against Injustice the New Economics of Amartya Sen (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

Reviews

“This excellent set of essays offers a fantastic contribution to how we might consider the relation between the national and the global in modern political thought, written by many of the leading international figures in the field….A terrific resource for anyone interested in engaging more deeply with the ways we should conceive liberal democracy in light of globalization with far reaching implications for politics, philosophy and public policy.” · Thom Brooks, Durham University

“This book contains the best and the most original and innovative contributions I ever read on how to consider national and global political issues beyond the current dichotomy we find in contemporary literature….The book will be an indispensable tool for all those who are interested in the future of Liberal Democracy…” · Lukas K. Sosoe, University of Luxembourg

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
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INTRODUCTION Of Bonds and Boundaries Paul Dumouchel and Reiko Gotoh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I Social Bonds in Transformation
CHAPTER 1 Incompleteness and the Possibility of Making: Towards Denationalized Citizenship? Saskia Sassen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
CHAPTER 2 Justice and Culture: New Contradictions in the Era of Techno-Nihilist Capitalism Mauro Magatti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
CHAPTER 3 Making Commonality in the Plural on the Basis of Binding Engagements Laurent Thévenot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
CHAPTER 4 On the Poverty of Our Freedom: Relevance and Limits of the Hegelian Ethical System Axel Honneth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
PART II Beyond Imperial Universalism
CHAPTER 5 Western Humanitarianism and the Representation of Distant Suffering: A Genealogy of Moral Grammars and Visual Regimes Fuyuki Kurasawa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
CHAPTER 6 Parochial Altruism and Christian Universalism: On the Deep Difficulties to Create Solidarity without Outside Enemies Wolfgang Palaver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
CHAPTER 7 Partial Commitments and Universal Obligations Paul Dumouchel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
CHAPTER 8 A Reluctant Cosmopolitan Anne Phillips Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
PART III Towards a Reconceptualization of Liberalism
CHAPTER 9 Liberal Autonomy and Minority Accommodation: A New Approach Geoffrey Brahm Levey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
CHAPTER 10 Cultural Boundaries and the Reasonable Accommodation of Minorities: Is Secularism Enough? Gurpreet Mahajan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
CHAPTER 11 Arrow, Rawls and Sen: The Transformation of Political Economics and the Idea of Liberalism Reiko Gotoh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Conclusion: Social Bonds as Freedom Paul Dumouchel and Reiko Gotoh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 296
Keywords: Sociology

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Published: August 1, 2015
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