Politics in the vernacular
In: Neue politische Literatur: Berichte aus Geschichts- und Politikwissenschaft ; (NPL), Band 48, Heft 3, S. 450
ISSN: 0028-3320
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In: Neue politische Literatur: Berichte aus Geschichts- und Politikwissenschaft ; (NPL), Band 48, Heft 3, S. 450
ISSN: 0028-3320
In: Neue politische Literatur: Berichte aus Geschichts- und Politikwissenschaft ; (NPL), Band 48, Heft 3, S. 450
ISSN: 0028-3320
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Band 26, Heft 2, S. 183-212
ISSN: 1369-183X
In: Dissent: a journal devoted to radical ideas and the values of socialism and democracy, Band 43, Heft 3, S. 22-30
ISSN: 0012-3846
In: Critical review: an interdisciplinary journal of politics and society, Band 8, Heft 2, S. 263-284
ISSN: 0891-3811
ALTHOUGH ROBERTO UNGER IS SOMETIMES DESCRIBED AS A COMMUNITARIAN CRITIC OF LIBERALISM, HIS RECENT THREE-VOLUME WORK ON POLITICS DISAVOWS THE MAJOR TENETS OF CONTEMPORARY COMMUNITARIANISM - FOR EXAMPLE, THE 'EMBEDDED SELF,' THE CRITIQUE OF RIGHTS, THE REJECTION OF UNIVERSALIZING THEORY. INSTEAD, UNGER'S AIM IS TO CRITICIZE LIBERALISM FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A 'SUPERLIBERALISM' - A PERSPECTIVE WHICH TAKES THE ORIGINAL LIBERAL DESIRE TO EMANCIPATE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE CHAINS OF SOCIAL CUSTOM AND HIERARCHY AND RIDS IT OF THE STULTIFYING ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS WITHIN WHICH LIBERALS HAVE SOUGHT TO CONTAIN IT. THREE MAIN COMPONENTS OF UNGER'S THEORY ARE ANALYZED: THE IDEA OF 'NEGATIVE CAPABILITY,' OR THE POWER OF INDIVIDUALS TO REVISE AND TRANSCEND THEIR SOCIAL CONTEXTS; THE IDEA OF AN 'EMPOWERED DEMOCRACY,' WHICH SEEKS TO OPEN UP ALL ASPECTS OS SOCIETY TO THE COLLECTIVE EXERCISE OF NEGATIVE CAPABILITY; AND THE IDEA OF 'IMMUNITY RIGHTS,' WHICH SEEK TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS FROM THE POTENTIAL RISKS OF RADICAL DEMOCRACY. THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT ALL THREE UNDERESTIMATE THE RISKS TO INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY OF THE OVER-POLITICIZATION OF SOCIAL LIFE.
In: Rivista di studi politici internazionali: RSPI, Band 67, Heft 1, S. 121
ISSN: 0035-6611
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Band 26, Heft 4
ISSN: 1369-183X
In: Canadian journal of political science: CJPS = Revue canadienne de science politique : RCSP, Band 40, Heft 2, S. 465
ISSN: 0008-4239