Patriotism and Other MistakesYale University Press, 2006-01-01 - 422 psl. George Kateb has been one of the most respected and influential political theorists of the last quarter century. His work stands apart from that of many of his contemporaries and resists easy summary. In these essays Kateb often admonishes himself, in Socratic fashion, to keep political argument as far as possible negative: to be willing to assert what we are not, and what we will not do, and to build modestly from there some account of what we are and what we ought to do. Drawing attention to the non-rational character of many motives that drive people to construct and maintain a political order, he urges greater vigilance in political life and cautions against "mistakes" not usually acknowledged as such. Patriotism is one such mistake, too often resulting in terrible brutality and injustices. He asks us to consider how commitments to ideals of religion, nation, race, ethnicity, manliness, and courage find themselves in the service of immoral ends, and he exhorts us to remember the dignity of the individual. The book is divided into three sections. In the first, Kateb discusses the expansion of state power (including such topics as surveillance) and the justifications for war recently made by American policy makers. The second section offers essays in moral psychology, and the third comprises fresh interpretations of major thinkers in the tradition of political thought, from Socrates to Arendt. |
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... group is steady , so is the deliberate or indeliberate unawareness that they are experienced , that they possess the ... identity in rela- tion to other societies , a definite shape in the mind's eye , a history that tells a story , an ...
... group is steady , so is the deliberate or indeliberate unawareness that they are experienced , that they possess the ... identity in rela- tion to other societies , a definite shape in the mind's eye , a history that tells a story , an ...
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... group phenomena related or analogous to patriotism is also an attack on the ... identity. The greatest part of the burden is the quest for meaningful- ness ... identity groups. A large num- ber of intellectuals have undertaken to defend ...
... group phenomena related or analogous to patriotism is also an attack on the ... identity. The greatest part of the burden is the quest for meaningful- ness ... identity groups. A large num- ber of intellectuals have undertaken to defend ...
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... group identity and affiliation and for the beliefs that sustain it does not come from only postmodern unbelief ; it may also come from a somewhat more complicated mental condition . My point pertains especially to religious and ...
... group identity and affiliation and for the beliefs that sustain it does not come from only postmodern unbelief ; it may also come from a somewhat more complicated mental condition . My point pertains especially to religious and ...
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... groups. The conservatives also fail to see their own hollowness, even as they ... group commitments defended by many postmodernists and the idea of group ... identity and affiliation: Why really do I think that patriotism in itself is ...
... groups. The conservatives also fail to see their own hollowness, even as they ... group commitments defended by many postmodernists and the idea of group ... identity and affiliation: Why really do I think that patriotism in itself is ...
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... group animosity await and often receive the mobilization they desire. Those ... group-self; while, on the other hand, a person's basic rights and tangible self ... identity and affiliation. Being armed is what makes it radi- cal. I don't ...
... group animosity await and often receive the mobilization they desire. Those ... group-self; while, on the other hand, a person's basic rights and tangible self ... identity and affiliation. Being armed is what makes it radi- cal. I don't ...
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