Kennan Ferguson All in the Family (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: All in the FamilyCondition: NewSubtitle: On Community and IncommensurabilityISBN-10: 0822351900EAN: 9780822351900ISBN: 9780822351900Publisher: Duke University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/19/2012Description: Western political philosophers since Plato have used the family as a model for harmonious political and social relations. Yet, far from being an uncontentious domain for shared interests and common values, the family is often the scene of intense interpersonal conflict and disagreement. In All in the Family, the political theorist Kennan Ferguson reconsiders the family, in its varied forms, as an exemplar of democratic politics and suggests how real rather than idealized family dynamics can help us to better understand and navigate political conflict. By closely observing the attachments that arise in families despite profound disagreements and incommensurabilities, Ferguson argues, we can imagine a political engagement that accommodates radical differences without sacrificing community. After examining how the concept of the family has been deployed and misused in political philosophy, Ferguson turns to the ways in which families actually operate: the macropolitical significance of family coping strategies such as silence and the impact that disability and caregiving have on conceptions of spatiality, sameness, and disparity. He also considers the emotional attachment between humans and their pets as an acknowledgment that compassion and community can exist even under conditions of profound difference.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USAuthor: Kennan FergusonGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: Society & Culture, Gender Sex & Relationships, Social SciencesItem Weight: 308gRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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