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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : White, Stephen K. (1949-....)
Titre(s) : The ethos of a late-modern citizen [Texte imprimé] / Stephen K. White
Publication : Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard university press, 2009
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-135 p.) ; 25 cm
Comprend : Introduction ; Reason and ethos ; After critique: affirming subjectivity ; Animating
the reach of our moral imagination ; Democracy's predicament ; Conclusion.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 113-131. Index
In this book, Stephen K. White contends that Western democracies face novel challenges
demanding our reexamination of the role of citizens. White offers an incisive interpretation
of our late-modern ethical-political condition and explains how a distinctive "ethos,"
or spirit, of citizenship might constitute part of an exemplary response. This ethos
requires reworking basic figures of the modern political imagination, including our
conception of the self, citizenship, and democratic politics. White argues that the
intense focus in the past three decades on finding general principles of justice for
diversity-rich societies needs to be complemented by an exploration of what sort of
ethos would be needed to adequately sustain any such principles. He proposes that
Western citizens adopt an ethos that is defined by such virtues as (moral) attentiveness,
self-restraint, and existential gratitude.
Sujet(s) : Citadins
Vie urbaine
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-674-03263-7. - ISBN 0-674-03263-2 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb424326188
Notice n° :
FRBNF42432618
