{"product_id":"politics-economy-and-society-writings-and-lectures-volume-4-hardback-9781509543861","title":"Politics, Economy, and Society; Writings and Lectures, Volume 4 (Hardback) 9781509543861","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePolitics, Economy, and Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWritings and Lectures, Volume 4\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Ricoeur (Author), Kathleen Blamey (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509543861, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 July 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.408 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ricoeur's insights...can continue to inform our thinking today.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSociety\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[A] welcome collection of inspiring political texts.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophia Reformata\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe philosophy of Paul Ricoeur is rarely viewed through the lens of political philosophy, and yet questions of power, and of how to live together in the \u003ci\u003epolis\u003c\/i\u003e, were a constant preoccupation of his writings. This volume brings together a selection of his texts spanning six decades, from 1958 to 2003, which together present Ricoeur’s political project in its coherence and diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Ricoeur’s view, the political is the realm of a tension between “rationality” (the attempt to provide a coherent explanation of the world) and “irrationality,” which manifests itself in force and repression. This “political paradox” lies at the heart of politics, for the claim to explain the world generates its own form of violence: the more one desires the good, the more one is inclined to impose it. Ricoeur warns citizens, the guardians of democracy, against any totalizing system of thought and any dogmatic understanding of history. Power should be divided and controlled, and Ricoeur defends a form of political liberalism in which states are conscious of the limits of their power and respectful of the freedom of their citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRanging from questions of power and repression to those of ethics, identity, and responsibility, these little-known political texts by one of the leading philosophers of the twentieth century will be of interest to students and scholars of philosophy, politics, and theology and to anyone concerned with the great political questions of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEditor’s Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Note on the French Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I. Theological-Political Prologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Adventures of the State and the Task of Christians\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. From Marxism to Contemporary Communism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Socialism Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e II. The Paradoxes of the Political\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Hegel Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Morality, Ethics, and Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Responsibility and Fragility\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The Paradoxes of Authority\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Happiness, Out of Place\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III. Politics, Economy, and Societies \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Is Crisis a Phenomenon Specific to Modernity?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. Money: From One Suspicion to the Next\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. The Erosion of Tolerance and the Resistance of the Intolerable\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. The Condition of the Foreigner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13. Fragile Identity: Respect for the Other and Cultural Identity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e IV. Europe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14. What new Ethos for Europe?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15. The Dialogue of Cultures, the Confrontation of Heritages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 16. The Crisis of Historical Consciousness and Europe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e V. Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 17. The Struggle for Recognition and the Economy of the Gift\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Origin of the Texts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441807421720,"sku":"9781509543861","price":45.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509543861.jpg?v=1785026369","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/politics-economy-and-society-writings-and-lectures-volume-4-hardback-9781509543861","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}