Postnational Constellation Political Essays

Name: Postnational Constellation Political Essays
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ISBN: 9780262582063

ISBN-10: 0262582066

ISBN-13: 9780262582063

Edition: 2001

Authors: Jurgen Habermas, Max Pensky, Max Pensky, Max Pensky

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translated, edited, and with an introduction by Max Pensky Does a global economy render the traditional nation-state obsolete? Does globalization threaten democratic life, or offer it new forms of expression? What are the implications of globalization for our understanding of politics and of national and cultural identities? In The Postnational Constellation, Juuml;rgen Habermas addresses these and other questions. He explores the historical and political origins of national identity, the achievements and catastrophes of the twentieth century, the future of democracy in the wake of the era of the nation-state, the political and moral challenges facing the European Union, and the status…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 2/2/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 210
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Editor's Introduction


Foreword


What is a People? The Frankfurt ""Germanists' Assembly"" of 1846 and the Self-Understanding of the Humanities in the Vorm?rz


On the Public Use of History


Learning from Catastrophe?


A Look Back at the Short Twentieth Century


The Postnational Constellation and the Future of Democracy


Remarks on Legitimation through Human Rights


Conceptions of Modernity: A Look Back at Two Traditions


The Differing Rhythms of Philosophy and Politics: Herbert Marcuse at 100


An Argument against Clonin