ISBN:
9781786615527
,
9781538149935
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 210 Seiten
Series Statement:
Radical subjects in international politics
DDC:
300.1
Keywords:
Critical theory
;
Decolonization Philosophy
;
Social sciences Philosophy
;
Buddhism and the social sciences
;
Cosmopolitanism
;
Eurocentrism
;
Democracy
;
Théorie critique
;
Décolonisation - Philosophie
;
Sciences sociales - Philosophie
;
Sciences sociales - Aspect religieux - Bouddhisme
;
Cosmopolitisme
;
Eurocentrisme
;
critical theories (dialectical critiques)
;
Buddhism and the social sciences
;
Cosmopolitanism
;
Critical theory
;
Democracy
;
Eurocentrism
;
Social sciences - Philosophy
Abstract:
In this book, Michael Murphy argues that if cosmopolitanism is to remain critical and relevant, what is required is a process of critique and cooperation. At the level of intercultural exchange, this requires understanding the encounter with the Other as a mutual phase of development and holds out the potential to rejuvenate world philosophies. Through this process the cosmopolitan imagination emerges from a dialogue between global traditions of relational sociologies on matters of common concern. The second stage of the book applies this methodology to provide a radical account of being and acting in the world. This will be achieved through engaging in conversation with the works of the critical theorist, Gerard Delanty; the decolonial theorist, Walter Mignolo; and the Buddhist, Confucian, and phenomenological-inspired work of Watsuji Tetsurō. In providing a move away from abstractions and ideals to instead focus on injustices and everyday life, Murphy uncovers an independent source for political legitimacy not defined by the rationality of the state or dependent on the ideals of Western philosophy. Part of this investigation also reveals a post-individual account of agency as an enactive being. Emphasising agency as becoming has the potential to allow us to reimagine the relationship between the self and the institutions of democracy. The main themes of this book are eurocentrism, critical cosmopolitanism, post-individual subjectivity, and democracy--back cover
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 179-205.- Index
