Liberalism, Nationalism, Citizenship: Essays on the Problem of Political Community

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UBC Press, 2003 - 225 pages
Liberals believe that the purpose of politics is to guarantee that individuals do not face unfair impediments in pursuing the lives they choose for themselves. Nationalists believe that the purpose of politics is to ensure that a people's sense of authentic nationhood wins full expression in powers of collective sovereignty or self-rule. Both of these forms of political commitment yield world-transforming political philosophies, but do either of these visions do adequate justice to a philosophically robust ideal of shared citizenship and civic membership? In Liberalism, Nationalism, Citizenship, Ronald Beiner engages critically with a wide range of important political thinkers and current debates in light of the Aristotelean idea that shared citizenship is an essential human calling. Virtually every aspect of contemporary political experience - globalization, international migration, secessionist movements, the politics of multiculturalism - pose urgent challenges to modern citizenship. Beiner's work on the philosophy of citizenship is essential reading not just for students of politics and political philosophy, but for all those who rightly sense that these kinds of recent challen
 

Table des matières

Introduction
3
Three Models of Political
21
Richard Flathmans Willfully Liberal
39
Thick and Thin Versions
52
The Quest for a PostLiberal Public
65
Is There Such a Thing As a Communitarian Political Philosophy?
83
Nationalisms Challenge to Political Philosophy
103
Reflections of a Diaspora Jew in Israel
125
Some Cautionary Remarks on the Rhetoric
147
Is Canada a Real Country?
166
Debate
180
Some Reflections on
194
Index
217
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Ronald Beiner is a professor of political science at the University of Toronto.

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