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Record Nr.

UNINA9910420925603321

Autore

Kaul Volker

Titolo

Identity and the Difficulty of Emancipation / / by Volker Kaul

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-52375-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 pages)

Collana

Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations, , 2352-8370 ; ; 13

Disciplina

305

Soggetti

Political philosophy

Self

Identity (Psychology)

Political theory

Critical theory

Religion and politics

Political Philosophy

Self and Identity

Political Theory

Critical Theory

Politics and Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Identity and the Difficulty of Emancipation -- Part I: Liberalism in Search of Identity -- Chapter 2. Liberal Nationalism -- Chapter 3. Freedom and Identity -- Chapter 4. Psychology, Autonomy and Liberalism -- Chapter 5. Identity, Difference and Anti-Essentialism -- Chapter 6. Agency, Psychology and the Self: The Case of Religious Fundamentalism -- Part II: Identity and the Quest for Multiculturalism -- Chapter 7. Multiculturalism, Islam and Suicide Bombers -- Chapter 8. Foundations of Multiculturalism (1): Self-Knowledge -- Chapter 9. Foundations of Multiculturalism (2): Recognition -- Chapter 10. Islam and Democracy -- Part III: Identity Politics -- Chapter 11. Populism -- Chapter 12. Postsecularism -- Chapter 13. Postcolonialism -- Chapter 14. Communalism in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Reintegration of Child



Soldiers -- Chapter 15. For the Time Being: Modus Vivendi Liberalism or Political Liberalism?.

Sommario/riassunto

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.