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Ethnocentric Political Theory: The Pursuit of Flawed Universals: International Political Theory

Autor Bhikhu Parekh
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 apr 2019
Western political theory has many great strengths but also a few weaknesses. Among the latter should be included its ethnocentricity, its tendency to universalize the local. The political theorist makes universal statements about human beings, societies and states without making a close study of them, and about reason, tradition, human nature and moral ideals without appreciating how differently these are understood in different societies and traditions. These statements are often an uncritical universalisation of his society’s modes of thought and experience. This book traces this tendency in different areas of moral and political life, and argues that a critical engagement between different perspectives offers one possible way to counter this tendency. Seeking universally valid knowledge is a legitimate ambition, but Western political theory cannot realise it without the help of the non-Western as its critical interlocutor.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030117078
ISBN-10: 3030117073
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: X, 290 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria International Political Theory

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1 Introduction.- 2 The Concept of Rights.- 3 Human Rights and Moral Pluralism.- 4 Reason and Identity.- 5 Regulating Hate Speech.- 6 A Misconceived Discourse on Political Obligation.- 7 Liberal Democracy and National Minorities.- 8 A Critique of the Liberal Approach to Violence.- 9 Understanding Humiliation.- 10 Reflections on Multiculturalism.- 11 Common Belonging.- 12 A Multicultural Perspective on Secularism.- 13 Cultural Accommodation and the Criminal Law.- 14 Ethnocentricity of the Nationalist Discourse.- 15 Religious Tolerance in a Comparative Perspective.


Notă biografică

Bhikhu Parekh is Emeritus Professor of Political Theory at the University of Hull, UK, and was Visiting Professor at Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and McGill University, USA. He is the author of several widely acclaimed books on political philosophy, including Rethinking Multiculturalism (2000). He received a Lifetime Achievement Award in Political Studies and a Fellow of the British Academy and the European Academy.

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Western political theory has many great strengths but also a few weaknesses. Among the latter should be included its ethnocentricity, its tendency to universalize the local. The political theorist makes universal statements about human beings, societies and states without making a close study of them, and about reason, tradition, human nature and moral ideals without appreciating how differently these are understood in different societies and traditions. These statements are often an uncritical universalisation of his society’s modes of thought and experience. This book traces this tendency in different areas of moral and political life, and argues that a critical engagement between different perspectives offers one possible way to counter this tendency. Seeking universally valid knowledge is a legitimate ambition, but Western political theory cannot realise it without the help of the non-Western as its critical interlocutor.
Bhikhu Parekh is Emeritus Professor of Political Theory at the University of Hull, UK, and was Visiting Professor at Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and McGill University, USA. He is the author of several widely acclaimed books on political philosophy, including Rethinking Multiculturalism (2000). He received a Lifetime Achievement Award in Political Studies and a Fellow of the British Academy and the European Academy.

Caracteristici

Calls for multicultural perspective ?in political theory, uncovering and overcoming ethnocentric bias Starts a critical dialogue with voices that have been marginalised, ignored or suppressed Represents a small step towards rethinking political theory and not only advocate but practice it