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The politics and ethics of identity : in search of ourselves / Richard Ned Lebow

Lebow, Richard Ned, 1942-

Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2012

XI, 431 S.

Englisch

Cover; THE POLITICS AND ETHICS OF IDENTITY; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Introduction; Autonomy; Genealogy of identity; Identity interrogated; Rethinking identity; Structure of the book; 2 Narratives and identity; Golden ages; Utopias; Dystopias; 3 Homer, Virgil, and identity; The philosophy of identity; In-groups and out-groups; The Iliad; The Aeneid; Learning from the Ancients; 4 Mozart and the Enlightenment; Viva La Libertà; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte; Liberation?; 5 Germans and Greeks; Greece rediscovered; The Greeks and philosophy

Art versus philosophyBeauty and suffering; Tragedy and freedom; History and ethics; Greece as inkblot; Tragedy and politics; Germany and Europe; The tragedy of German philosophy; German and European identity; German thinkers and modernity; 6 Beam me up, Lord; American millennialism; Left Behind; The plot; Theology; Continuity; The Millennium; The Jews; Gender; Who reads Left Behind?; Making sense of Dispensationalism; Escaping modernity; 7 Science fiction and immortality; Immortality; Becoming immortal; Science fiction and progress; The consequences of immortality; Immortality and identity

Conclusion8 Identity reconsidered; Modern selves; Making selves; Agency; Identity and order; Utopias and progress; Narratives; What makes us human?; Future of identity; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Cover; THE POLITICS AND ETHICS OF IDENTITY; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Introduction; Autonomy; Genealogy of identity; Identity interrogated; Rethinking identity; Structure of the book; 2 Narratives and identity; Golden ages; Utopias; Dystopias; 3 Homer, Virgil, and identity; The philosophy of identity; In-groups and out-groups; The Iliad; The Aeneid; Learning from the Ancients; 4 Mozart and the Enlightenment; Viva La Libertà; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte; Liberation?; 5 Germans and Greeks; Greece rediscovered; The Greeks and philosophy

Art versus philosophyBeauty and suffering; Tragedy and freedom; History and ethics; Greece as inkblot; Tragedy and politics; Germany and Europe; The tragedy of German philosophy; German and European identity; German thinkers and modernity; 6 Beam me up, Lord; American millennialism; Left Behind; The plot; Theology; Continuity; The Millennium; The Jews; Gender; Who reads Left Behind?; Making sense of Dispensationalism; Escaping modernity; 7 Science fiction and immortality; Immortality; Becoming immortal; Science fiction and progress; The consequences of immortality; Immortality and identity

Conclusion8 Identity reconsidered; Modern selves; Making selves; Agency; Identity and order; Utopias and progress; Narratives; What makes us human?; Future of identity; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX;

Includes bibliographical references and index

Print version: The Politics and Ethics of Identity

Druckausg.: The politics and ethics of identity / Lebow, Richard Ned

978-1-107-02765-7 ((hbk.)); 1-107-02765-9 ((hbk.))

978-1-107-02765-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

BV040844440

OCoLC: 876232791 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

[S.l.] : Ebrary

Ebrary online

978-1-139-55500-5

LB 52000  | LB 31950  | MD 6300  | MR 7100      Ähnliche Literatur

JA74.5 .L425 2012

GND-Schlagwörter: Politische Philosophie ; Geschichte ; Einflussgröße

LOC-SH: Electronic books

Politische Philosophie / Identität / Kollektive Identität / Kulturelle Identität / Historische Faktoren ; Political philosophy / Identity / Collective identity / Cultural identity / Historical factors ; Ethik / Psychologische Faktoren ; Ethics / Psychological factors ; Political psychology ; Identity (Philosophical concept) ; Electronic books

Challenges the notion of consistent unitary identities, arguing that we are multiple, changing selves, shaped by social contexts and processes.

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Cover -- THE POLITICS AND ETHICS OF IDENTITY -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 Introduction -- Autonomy -- Genealogy of identity -- Identity interrogated -- Rethinking identity -- Structure of the book -- 2 Narratives and identity -- Golden ages -- Utopias -- Dystopias -- 3 Homer, Virgil, and identity -- The philosophy of identity -- In-groups and out-groups -- The Iliad -- The Aeneid -- Learning from the Ancients -- 4 Mozart and the Enlightenment -- Viva La Libertà -- Don Giovanni -- Die Zauberflöte -- Liberation? -- 5 Germans and Greeks -- Greece rediscovered -- The Greeks and philosophy -- Art versus philosophy -- Beauty and suffering -- Tragedy and freedom -- History and ethics -- Greece as inkblot -- Tragedy and politics -- Germany and Europe -- The tragedy of German philosophy -- German and European identity -- German thinkers and modernity -- 6 Beam me up, Lord -- American millennialism -- Left Behind -- The plot -- Theology -- Continuity -- The Millennium -- The Jews -- Gender -- Who reads Left Behind? -- Making sense of Dispensationalism -- Escaping modernity -- 7 Science fiction and immortality -- Immortality -- Becoming immortal -- Science fiction and progress -- The consequences of immortality -- Immortality and identity -- Conclusion -- 8 Identity reconsidered -- Modern selves -- Making selves -- Agency -- Identity and order -- Utopias and progress -- Narratives -- What makes us human? -- Future of identity -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NAME INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX.