Freedom Is Power
Liberty through Political Representation
Seiten
2015
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-66034-2 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-66034-2 (ISBN)
A novel and sophisticated account of the relationship between freedom and power, illustrated by original accounts of South Africa's recent political experience and the global financial crisis. Will appeal to scholars and students of history, politics, philosophy, economics, sociology, development studies and Southern African studies.
Using the history of political thought and real-world political contexts, including South Africa and the recent global financial crisis, this book argues that power is integral to freedom. It demonstrates how freedom depends upon power, and contends that liberty for all citizens is best maintained if conceived as power through political representation. Against those who de-politicise freedom through a romantic conception of 'the people' and faith in supposedly independent judicial and political institutions, Lawrence Hamilton argues that real modern freedom can only be achieved through representative and participative mechanisms that limit domination and empower classes and groups who become disempowered in the conflicts that inevitably pervade politics. This is a sophisticated contribution to contemporary political theory that will be of interest to scholars and students of history, politics, philosophy, economics, sociology, development studies and Southern African studies.
Using the history of political thought and real-world political contexts, including South Africa and the recent global financial crisis, this book argues that power is integral to freedom. It demonstrates how freedom depends upon power, and contends that liberty for all citizens is best maintained if conceived as power through political representation. Against those who de-politicise freedom through a romantic conception of 'the people' and faith in supposedly independent judicial and political institutions, Lawrence Hamilton argues that real modern freedom can only be achieved through representative and participative mechanisms that limit domination and empower classes and groups who become disempowered in the conflicts that inevitably pervade politics. This is a sophisticated contribution to contemporary political theory that will be of interest to scholars and students of history, politics, philosophy, economics, sociology, development studies and Southern African studies.
Lawrence Hamilton is Professor of Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, and an Affiliated Lecturer in Political Theory in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of The Political Philosophy of Needs (Cambridge, 2003).
Introduction; 1. Freedom from politics; 2. Freedom through politics; 3. Power, domination and human needs; 4. Real modern freedom; 5. Freedom and representation; 6. Can and ought our political representatives control the economy?; Conclusion.
Reihe/Serie | Contemporary Political Theory |
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Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 330 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-107-66034-3 / 1107660343 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-107-66034-2 / 9781107660342 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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