ISBN:
9781107027657
,
1107027659
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 431 S.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] Ebrary Online-Ressource Ebrary online
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Politics and Ethics of Identity
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Lebow, Richard Ned, 1942 - The politics and ethics of identity
DDC:
320.01/9
Keywords:
Identity (Philosophical concept)
;
Political psychology
;
Politische Philosophie
;
Geschichte
;
Einflussgröße
;
Politische Philosophie Identität
;
Kollektive Identität
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Historische Faktoren
;
Political philosophy Identity
;
Collective identity
;
Cultural identity
;
Historical factors
;
Ethik Psychologische Faktoren
;
Ethics Psychological factors
;
Electronic books
;
Political psychology
;
Identity (Philosophical concept)
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Challenges the notion of consistent unitary identities, arguing that we are multiple, changing selves, shaped by social contexts and processes.
Abstract:
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.
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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;
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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