Research Catalog

Title

The postnational constellation : political essays / Jürgen Habermas ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Max Pensky.

Author

Habermas, Jürgen

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2001.

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Additional Authors

Pensky, Max, 1961-

Description

xix, 190 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Does a global economy render the traditional nation-state obsolete? Does globalization threaten democratic life, or offer it new forms of expression? What are the implications of globalization for our understanding of politics and of national and cultural identities?" "In the Postnational Constellation, the leading German philosopher and social theorist Jurgen Habermas addresses these and other questions. He explores topics such as the historical and political origins of national identity, the catastrophes and achievement of 'the long twentieth century', the future of democracy in the wake of the era of the nation-state, the moral and political challenges facing the European Union, and the status of global human rights in the ongoing debate on the sources of cultural identity. In their scope, critical insight, and argumentative clarity, the essays in The Postnational Constellation present a powerful vision of the contemporary political scene and of the challenges and opportunities we face in the new millennium."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Studies in contemporary German social thought

Uniform Title

• Postnationale Konstellation. English
• Studies in contemporary German social thought

Alternative Title

Postnationale Konstellation.

Subject

• Democracy
• Nation-state
• Since 1989
• World politics > 1989-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-187) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

What is a people? the Frankfurt "Germanists' Assembly" of 1846 and the self-understanding of the humanities in the Vormärz -- On the public use of history -- Learning from catastrophe? a look back at the short twentieth century -- The postnational constellation and the future of democracy -- Remarks on legitimation through human rights -- Conceptions of modernity: a look back at two traditions -- The differing rhythms of philosophy and politics: Herbert Marcuse at 100 -- An argument against human cloning: three replies.

ISBN

• 0262082977 (hc. : alk. paper)
• 0262582066 (pbk.)
• 9780585392943 (electronic bk.)

LCCN

^^^00048963^

OCLC

45064692

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library