Suffering, Politics, Power

A Genealogy in Modern Political Theory

von Cynthia Halpern

334 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Suffering and politics in the thought of Luther, Hobbes, Rousseau, and Nietzsche.Suffering, Politics, Power argues that human suffering on a global scale constitutes the most urgent and least understood question of contemporary politics and political theory. In the modern age, the experience of suffering is primarily a political problem, constructed out of crucial, conflicting perspectives. The book draws on a genealogy of suffering through the conflicting perspectives of four major political theorists: Martin Luther, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Friedrich Nietzsche. Although supplying contradictory accounts of the nature of suffering and human response to it, these theorists, when examined together, provide a historical foundation for the political structures of our time and a trajectory for the problematic of suffering which defies all limits. This book works to foster a contemporary political response to suffering, addressing the techniques of its production and representation and the dilemmas of ascertaining causes and responsibilities.

• Reihe: SUNY Press
• ISBN: 9780791451038
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.01.2002
• Größe: 237 x 150 mm
• Verlag: State University of New York Press