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Habermas, Kristeva, and Citizenship
By Noëlle Mcafee
232 pages
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- Cornell University Press
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- Ithaca, NY
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Synopsis
Do poststructuralist accounts of the self undermine the prospects for effective democratic politics? In addressing this question, Nolle McAfee brings together the theories of Jrgen Habermas and Julia Kristeva, two major figures whose work is seldom juxtaposed. She examines their respective notions of subjectivity and politics and their implicit definitions of citizenship: the extent to which someone is able to deliberate and act in community with others..
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Do poststructuralist accounts of the self undermine the prospects for effective democratic politics? In addressing this question, Nolle McAfee brings together the theories of Jrgen Habermas and Julia Kristeva, two major figures whose work is seldom juxtaposed. She examines their respective notions of subjectivity and politics and their implicit definitions of citizenship: the extent to which someone is able to deliberate and act in community with others..
Habermas, Kristeva, and Citizenship begins by tracing the rise of modern and poststructural views of subjectivity, and then critiques these views as they are represented in the writings of Habermas and Kristeva. McAfee argues that Habermas's theory of subjectivity is overly optimistic about the possibility for individuals to know their own interests and act autonomously. Kristeva's poststructuralism has its own problems: it seems to limit political agency, since it considers the subject to be split and at odds with itself. Nevertheless, this book shows how Kristevan conceptions of the self can contribute to Habermas's hope for a more democratic, deliberative politics.
Combining an insight from poststructural theory--that identity is constituted by a web of relationships--with the theory of deliberative democracy, McAfee argues that we need not be the kinds of individuals supposed by the modern liberal tradition to be effective political agents. The more we recognize our indebtedness to and relationship with others in our midst, the more likely we are to be capable members of political communities.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Preface vii
- Habermas, Kristeva, and Citizenship xiii
- Introduction Politics and Citizens 1
- Part I - Subjectivity in the Making 21
- 1 - Habermas's Theory of Postconventional Identity 23
- 2 - Subjects-In-Process 56
- Part II 79
- 3 - Habermas on Citizens and Politics 81
- 4 - the Split Subject in the Public Sphere 102
- Part III 127
- 5 - Relational Subjectivity 129
- 6 - Complementary Agency 151
- 7 - Ways of Knowing 164
- 8 - Deliberative Communities 184
- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Preface vii
- Habermas, Kristeva, and Citizenship xiii
- Introduction Politics and Citizens 1
- Part I - Subjectivity in the Making 21
- 1 - Habermas's Theory of Postconventional Identity 23
- 2 - Subjects-In-Process 56
- Part II 79
- 3 - Habermas on Citizens and Politics 81
- 4 - the Split Subject in the Public Sphere 102
- Part III 127
- 5 - Relational Subjectivity 129
- 6 - Complementary Agency 151
- 7 - Ways of Knowing 164
- 8 - Deliberative Communities 184
- Bibliography 193
- Index 205