Liberalism, nationalism, citizenship : essays on the problem of political community / Ronald Beiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beiner, Ronald, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship.

Liberalism.

Nationalism.

Civil society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 227 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Liberals believe that the purpose of politics is to guarantee that individuals do not face unfair impediments in pursuing the lives they choose for themselves. Nationalists believe that the purpose of politics is to ensure that a people's sense of authentic nationhood wins full expression in powers of collective sovereignty or self-rule. Both of these forms of political commitment yield world-transforming political philosophies, but do either of these visions do adequate justice to a philosophically robust ideal of shared citizenship and civic membership? In Liberalism, Nationalism, Citizenship, Ronald Beiner engages critically with a wide range of important political thinkers and current debates in light of the Aristotelian idea that shared citizenship is an essential human calling. Virtually every aspect of contemporary political experience -- globalization, international migration, secessionist movements, the politics of multiculturalism -- pose urgent challenges to modern citizenship. Beiner's work on the philosophy of citizenship is essential reading not just for students of politics and political philosophy, but for all those who rightly sense that these kinds of recent challenges demand an ambitious rethinking of the nature of political community.

Contents:

Liberalism, nationalism, citizenship : three models of political community

The fetish of individuality : Richard Flathman's willfully liberal politics

Civil resources in a liberal society : "thick" and "thin" versions of liberalism

From community to citizenship : the quest for a post-liberal public philosophy

Is there such a thing as a communitarian political philosophy?

Nationalism's challenge to political philosophy

Reflections of a diaspora Jew in Israel

Hannah Arendt as a critic of nationalism

National self-determination : some cautionary remarks on the rhetoric of rights

Citizenship and nationalism : is Canada a "real country"?

1989 : Nationalism, internationalism and the Nairn-Hobsbawm debate

Civicism between nationalism and globalism : some reflections on the problem of political community.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-12985-X

9786613129857

0-7748-5041-8

OCLC:

70773494