Politics of Storytelling Variations on a Theme by Hannah Arendt

Name: Politics of Storytelling Variations on a Theme by Hannah Arendt
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ISBN: 9788763540360

ISBN-10: 8763540363

ISBN-13: 9788763540360

Edition: 2nd 2013

Authors: Michael Jackson

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Hannah Arendt argued that the "political" is best understood as a power relation between private and public realms, and that storytelling is a vital bridge between these realms a site where individualised passions and shared views are contested and recombined. Michael Jackson in this new edition of what by now has become a classic in the field of anthropology explores and expands Arendt's ideas through a cross-cultural analysis of storytelling that includes Kuranko stories from Sierra Leone, Aboriginal stories of the stolen generation, stories recounted before the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and stories of refugees, renegades, and war veterans. Focusing on the violent…

Book details

List price: $28.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Publication date: 8/5/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.88" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Michael Jackson is the Distinguished Visiting Professor of World Religions at the Harvard Divinity School.