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This review is from: The Inner Ocean: Individualism and Democratic Culture (Contestations: Cornell Studies in Political Theory) (Paperback)
This really is a terrific book. It's in essay form, each one building on Kateb's theme of "democractic individualism." The democratic individual is not isolated, anomic, shut off from the rest of the world. The democratic individual is granted the respect and space for development due all persons, but also realizes her or his connectedness to all other persons. For Kateb, individuals are beings of infinite potential, each able to draw on their "inner ocean," but each also linked others in very real ways, as outlined in the works of Emerson, Whitman and Thoreau. He defends representative democracy as a promoter of this viewpoint but is no defender of the status quo. Respecting all as equal individuals demands much of states and would limit their powers in unaccustomed ways. Especially noteworthy are the chapters "On Political Evil," which would make anyone think twice about the rights and wrongs of warfare, and "Individualism, Communitarianism and Docility," which raises grave and important questions for communitarian political theory and defenders of strong group identification in general. Overall, this is a rare book, both uplifting and provocative. I recommend it highly to anyone interested in conteporary political philosophy or anyone concerned about maintaining respect for the individual.
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The moral basis of this book is the belief that respect for individual rights is the best way of honoring human dignity, by which I mean the equal dignity of every individual. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Democratic Vistas, The Inner Ocean, Leaves of Grass, Bill of Rights, Michel Foucault, Old World, Supreme Court, Wallace Stevens, Walt Whitman, Pol Pot, Brooks Atkinson, Charles Taylor, Crime Control Model, Jonathan Schell, Plato's Republic, Song of the Open Road, Song of the Rolling Earth, Walter Kaufmann, World War New!
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The moral basis of this book is the belief that respect for individual rights is the best way of honoring human dignity, by which I mean the equal dignity of every individual. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Democratic Vistas, The Inner Ocean, Leaves of Grass, Bill of Rights, Michel Foucault, Old World, Supreme Court, Wallace Stevens, Walt Whitman, Pol Pot, Brooks Atkinson, Charles Taylor, Crime Control Model, Jonathan Schell, Plato's Republic, Song of the Open Road, Song of the Rolling Earth, Walter Kaufmann, World War New!
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- Song of Myself (Dover Thrift Editions) by Walt Whitman on 17 pages
- Democratic Vistas (Notable American Authors) by Walt Whitman on 12 pages
- On Liberty by John Stuart Mill on 9 pages
- Leaves of Grass (Bantam Classics) by Walt Whitman on 9 pages
- Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville on 6 pages
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- Reason and Horror: Critical Theory, Democracy and Aesthetic Individuality by Morton Schoolman on 5 pages
- Liberal Modernism and Democratic Individuality: George Kateb and the Practices of Politics by Austin Sarat on 5 pages
- United States (Contestations) by Thomas L. Dumm in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Self at Liberty: Political Argument and the Arts of Government (Constestations) by Duncan Ivison in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Democracy in Dark Times by Jeffrey C. Isaac in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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