ISBN:
9781137337979
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (243 pages)
Series Statement:
Future of Minority Studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Political science
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Eddy M. Souffrant calls for a reassessment of the starting points of moral, social, and political philosophy that takes into account the actual living circumstances of persons living the 21st century.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Conclusion -- Part I: Identity -- Chapter 1: Collective Identity -- Introduction -- Sources of Identity -- Singular and Collective Identity -- Cartesian Collective Identities -- Chapter 2: Common Identity: Linguistic and Racial Identity -- Chapter 3: Using History and Nation as Structures of Identity -- National Identity -- Global Citizenry: The State's Way -- Chapter 4: From Regional to Global Identity -- Expressions and Forms of Identity -- Chapter 5: Créole, Créolité, Créolization -- Natural Adaptations -- Chapter 6: Contextual Identities -- The Nature of Identity -- Liberating Identities from Oppressive Institutions -- Chapter 7: Identity and Social Negotiations -- Oppressive Liberties -- Chapter 8: Contemporary Options -- Emancipatory Identities -- Composite Identities -- Composite Identities: The Caribbean Condition -- Diasporic Identities -- Chapter 9: Pineau's Reminder: The Creative Process -- Whence Does a Writer Derive Her Sense of Identity? -- Chapter 10: Caribbean Philosophy: In Guise of a Conclusion -- Approach to a Resolution -- Its Used Markers (Color/Language) -- Part II: Democracies: Thoughts of Informal Democracy, Moral Prescription, Globalization, and Sovereignty -- Chapter 11: The Polity -- Philosophy and Contemporary Realities -- Citizenship and Informal Democracy -- Chapter 12: Global Democracy and Sovereign International Agents -- David Held's Cosmopolitan Democracy -- Chapter 13: Lessons for Global Democracy -- Sovereignty, Democracy, and Globalization -- Global Democracy at the Crossroads -- The Principle of Responsibility -- Chapter 14: Transnational Ethics -- Multiple Appurtenance and Anarchy -- Chapter 15: Migration -- Informal Democracy -- Chapter 16: Searching for Freedoms -- Political Representation in Informal Democracies -- Public Accountability.
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