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Group identity --- Post-communism --- Social psychology --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Cultural identity --- Social identity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Collective memory
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Contemporary democracy is in crisis. People believe less and less in a system of democratic institutions that can cope with today's social problems. Leszek Koczanowicz sheds new light on this problem, using the ideas of M. M. Bakhtin and others to show that dialogue in democracy can transcend both antagonistic and consensual perspectives. Koczanowicz provides an overview of the history of the dialogue/antagonism opposition as it is embedded in modern political theory, and the concept of dialogue in contemporary political theory. He goes on to demonstrate that Bakhtin's theory of dialogism can introduce a new quality into political theory, allowing us to overcome the liberalism/communitarianism debate. To conclude, he introduces a concept of 'critical community' a "dialogical, self-reflective community critical of its own tradition" to show that collective identities can be constructed in critical dialogue with the tradition and values of community.
Democracy. --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Democracy --- Démocratie
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What has really happened in Poland since the election of 2005? After such spectacular events as the practice of lustration and the questioning of solidarity with the European Union, one has to ask: what is the nature of this newly emerging society? As with many of the recent developments in former communist countries that seem to be mysterious and irrational, the situation and ensuing problems are complex and the answers neither trivial nor easy. This book, by the distinguished Polish philosopher, addresses these complexities through the role of the communist past in post-communist Poland. It
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We do politics in, through, and as bodies. All our political activity is inevitably corporeal. Parliamentary debates, party assemblies, street demonstrations, and civil disobedience are all bodily actions. Political regimes maintain their power by controlling our bodies, both through explicit acts of violence and, more insidiously, by inculcating somatic norms of obedience to the political authorities and ideologies. This oppression can be effectively challenged if we use somaesthetics to identify and examine the bodily habits and feelings that express and reinforce such domination. Somaesthetically explored, they can be refashioned and help overcome the oppressive social conditions that produce them.
Aesthetics --- Human body (Philosophy) --- Political participation. --- Physiological aspects.
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Philosophy --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Social sciences (general) --- Sociology --- sociologie --- politieke filosofie --- sociale filosofie --- sociale wetenschappen
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This book addresses the interrelations between aesthetics, ethics, and politics in the framework of pragmatist aesthetics, offering a comprehensive panorama of the ways and fields in which pragmatist aesthetics ties in with vital social and ethical problems of modernity. Most of the contributors refer to the model propounded by Richard Shusterman. Following in Dewey’s footsteps, Shusterman has elaborated and expanded his concept, adding new dimensions to it. The most important supplement is the idea of aesthetic experience being constituted by our bodiliness. In somaesthetics , pragmatism has acquired a new dimension – a fully developed, comprehensive aesthetic theory. Pragmatist aesthetics with its essential notion of the body engages in critical dialogue with many key concepts of modernity which locate the body in social and cultural frameworks. The articles collected in this volume illustrate the complex range of pragmatist aesthetics and its impact on the understanding of crucial issues in social and moral philosophy.
Pragmatism. --- Aesthetics. --- Meaning (Philosophy) --- Perception (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- Beautiful, The --- Beauty --- Esthetics --- Taste (Aesthetics) --- Art --- Criticism --- Literature --- Proportion --- Symmetry --- Idealism --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Philosophy, Modern --- Positivism --- Realism --- Utilitarianism --- Experience --- Reality --- Truth --- Psychology --- Radio broadcasting Aesthetics --- Aesthetics
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This book presents the work of Polish and American philosophers about Poland's transition from Communist domination to democracy. Among their topics are nationalism, liberalism, law and justice, academic freedom, religion, fascism, and anti-Semitism. Beyond their insights into the ongoing situation in Poland, these essays have broader implications, inspiring reflection on dealing with needed social changes.
Democracy --- Post-communism --- Democracy. --- Post-communism. --- Postcommunism --- World politics --- Communism --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Europe --- Politics and government
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