Overview
A highly original and innovative examination into the question of ‘Political Obligation’
Offers a hermeneutical attempt to understand political phenomena rather than a strictly normative account of Political Theory
Engages with key philosophical ideas and figures, especially existentialist thinkers such as Kierkegaard
Provides a timely investigation of areas at the intersection between Political Theory and Continental Philosophy
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Political Obligation
- The State
- Philosophical Hermeneutics
- Civil disobedience
- existential philosophy
- political authority
- Post-truth
- Rationalism
- Normative Rational Paradigm
- Conservatism
- Communitarianism
- Marxism
- False Consciousness
- Confucian Communitarianism
- Normative political theory
- Associative Theory
- Criminal Justice and Licensing Act (Scotland) 2010
- False consciousness
- Positivism
- Social Contract Theory
About this book
This book takes the novel approach of framing Political Obligation as a situation rather than a problem. By doing so, Political Obligation is not considered as an issue to be solved, but a central condition of existence to be investigated and understood. The book launches a hermeneutic inquiry into how this relationship of obligation is constructed through encounters in which the citizen comes face-to-face with the existential manifestations of the State. The book first discusses the dominant approaches to Political Obligation to elucidate the benefits of an existential hermeneutical approach. The notion of encounter is then developed into a hermeneutic approach capable of uncovering and interpreting the arguments, ideas, and narratives of obligation as are communicated in political communities. Finally, the limitations of this approach are considered in reference to the concerns of the Post-truth era.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Ruairidh J. Brown teaches International Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China. He holds a PhD in Political Theory from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Political Encounters
Book Subtitle: A Hermeneutic Inquiry into the Situation of Political Obligation
Authors: Ruairidh J. Brown
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17340-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17339-5Published: 04 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17342-5Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-17340-1Published: 24 May 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 213
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Citizenship