Political Encounters

Ruairidh J. Brown teaches International Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China. He holds a PhD in Political Theory from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The ‘Rational Individual’- Rational Paradigms of Political Obligation.- 3. The Importance of Tradition and Culture- Context-based Paradigms of Political Obligation.- 4. The Oppressor and the Oppressed- Marxist and Other Critical Paradigms of Political Obligation.- 5. Inside the Situation- Introducing the Hermeneutic Concept of Encounter.- 6.The Encounter and Obligation.- 7. Political Obligation and the Post-truth Era- Limitation, Critique, and a Defense of the Approach through the Encounter.- 8. Conclusion.