Obligations

Essays on Disobedience, War, and Citizenship

Häftad, Engelska, 1982

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Beskrivning

In this collection of essays, Michael Walzer discusses how obligations are incurred, sustained, and (sometimes) abandoned by citizens of the modern state and members of political parties and movements as they respond to and participate in the most crucial and controversial aspects of citizenship: resistance, dissent, civil disobedience, war, and revolution. Walzer approaches these issues with insight and historical perspective, exhibiting an extraordinary understanding for rebels, radicals, and rational revolutionaries. The reader will not always agree with Walzer but he cannot help being stimulated, excited, challenged, and moved to thoughtful analysis.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1982-05-15
Mått:140 x 210 x 19 mm
Vikt:318 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:260
Förlag:Harvard University Press
ISBN:9780674630253

Utforska kategorier

Psykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Michael Walzer is Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Recensioner i media

A distinguished contribution; political theorists will learn much from this book and so should many non-theorists as well. To them it offers not only a series of penetrating analyses…but also an outstanding example of that working out of a tradition of thought which…is so vital to the vocation of political theory.

Innehållsförteckning

* Introduction * Part 1: Disobedience *1. The Obligation to Disobey *2. Civil Disobedience and Corporate Authority *3. The Obligations of Oppressed Minorities * Appendix: On the Responsibility of Intellectuals * Part 2: War *4. The Obligation to Die for the State *5. Political Alienation and Military Service *6. Conscientious Objection *7. Prisoners of War: Does the Fight Continue After the Battle? * Part 3: Citizenship *8. The Obligation to Live for the State *9. Political Solidarity and Personal Honor *10. The Problem of Citizenship Appendix: Three Kinds of Citizenship *11. A Day in the Life of a Socialist Citizen * Index