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The Self and the Political Order

The Self and the Political Order

Paperback

Series: Readings in Social & Political Theory

PhilosophyGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0814779263
ISBN13: 9780814779262
Publisher: New York Univ Pr
Published: Oct 1 1991
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

From the immemorial humans have lived together in groups. What it means to be a human being has no other basis than the interactions that take place in these groups. Politics then is the shaping of the necessary fact of social interaction. This volume concerns itself with the role of the individual in this social and political order. Including selections from both classical writers such as Plato, and contemporary scholars such as George Kareb, Michael Sandel, and Donna Haraway, the work examines one of the most fundemental questions of human society: what part do individual desires and concerns play, and what part should they play, in political society? How can we negotiate the relation between individuals and society, between the will of one and the mandate of the multitude? Strong's lengthy introduction provides an excellent framework that serves to unify these semial writings.

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