Acts of Citizenship by Engin F Isin
Examines theories of how citizenship is mediated between lived experiences and formal entitlements in order to map out, confine, extend, name, and enact the boundaries of belonging to a polity. This book assembles deep traditions in social and political thought to provide a examination of acts of citizenship in this useful way.
'Acts of Citizenship is itself an exuberant, startling, act of social theory about the acts that create and transform our bonds as citizensThe names of Derrida, Levinas, and Agamben fly from the pages, along with a range of figures such as the Tank Man of Tiananmen square, Socrates, Seneca and Pat Tillman. This is the book to read if you want to know where social theory is now.' Stephen Turner, University of Southern Florida 'Without nostalgia or sentimentality, this volume revives even as it disseminates and complicates an appreciation of active citizenship. Philosophically rich, culturally wide-ranging and eminently readable, this is a marvelous, indeed inspiring book' Wendy Brown, University of California
Engin F. Isin is Chair and Professor of Citizenship in Politics and International Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Open University. He is also director of the Centre for Citizenship, Identities, Governance at the Faculty of Social Sciences.His books include Cities Without Citizens (1992) and Being Political (2002).
Greg M. Nielsen is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Broadcasting Studies at Concordia University in Montreal.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781842779521 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842779524 |
| Title | Acts of Citizenship |
| Author | Engin F Isin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2008-02-25 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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