Identity and the Difficulty of Emancipation

von Volker Kaul

204 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book provides a comprehensive account of the phenomenon of identity in politics, featuring for the first time the question of individual emancipation. It addresses the burning questions of our times, viz. nationalism, populism, Islamic fundamentalism, multiculturalism, postsecularism and postcolonialism. The volume repudiates an easy reconciliation between identity and emancipation, such as it occurs in contemporary liberal and multicultural political theories. It shows that we cannot achieve emancipation without Kant’s help, whereas identity relentlessly draws us back to collective values and the community. The book urges for a new understanding of identity and a politics that instead of accommodating identities seeks to govern them.

Identity is the buzzword in the humanities and social sciences, but also the most contentious and least conceptualized term. This book intends to bring theoretical clarity into the debate on how identity plays out in politics.

• Reihe: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Philosophie Themen der Philosophie Soziale und politische Philosophie
• ISBN: 9783030523749
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.08.2020
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing