Burdens of Political Responsibility

Jade Larissa Schiff is Assistant Professor of Politics at Oberlin College, Ohio. Her specialty is in twentieth- and twenty-first-century continental political theory, and she works at the intersections of political theory, phenomenology, and literary criticism. Her current research explores experiences of suffering and the ways in which we narrate and respond to those experiences.

'In Burdens of Political Responsibility, Jade Schiff has many stories to tell - of engagement and disengagement, bad faith and good, power and powerlessness, the meaning of identity, and the claims that our specific identities make upon us. This is a nuanced, careful, and deeply felt exploration into the relationship between the ordinary and extraordinary experiences of life in a world that too often frustrates our desires to act in responsible ways. Yet Schiff is not frustrated. She instead acts as a steady and encouraging voice for new ways of facing power and connecting with others.' Thomas Dumm, Amherst College

• Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The problem of responsiveness; 2. Thoughtlessness; 3. Bad faith; 4. Misrecognition; 5. Mimesis and responsiveness; 6. Ambivalent confessions; Conclusion: toward a politics of responsiveness.