Toward a global thin community : Nietzsche, Foucault, and the cosmopolitan commitment / Mark Olssen.

Author/creator Olssen, Mark
Format Book
Publication InfoBoulder, Colo. : Paradigm Publishers, ©2009.
Descriptionix, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: The "thin" community and liberalism -- Nietzsche and the philosophy of the future -- Foucault as "thin" communitarian : difference, community, democracy -- A post-structuralist approach to community -- Toward a social theory of practice -- Life as good and bad -- Universalism, cultural pluralism, and the ethics of the future -- The necessity of co-ordination -- Communitarian cosmopolitanism -- Toward a global thin community.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 234-253) and index.
LCCN 2008005958
ISBN9781594514463 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1594514461 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks JC 574 .O52 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold