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Manuel Cruz - Taking Charge, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

Taking Charge

On Responsibility and Personal Identity

Av Manuel Cruz

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The book deals with key ethico-political issues of modernity, that of responsibility and of the subject(s) that can assume it. Today, new realities, from global political issues to economic crises and lack of confidence in governments, show that there is no authority, institution, or public organism capable of taking charge.A" In fact, people find themselves less responsible than ever before. Available for the first time in English, this text by one of the leading European intellectuals explores why we need to return to a full personal responsibility. This entails a revisiting of such concepts as personal identity, tolerance, and action -all essential components of responsibility. Featuring a preface by Gianni Vattimo, the book not only analyzes the problem of responsibility from various perspectives (including Nietzsche, Weber, Arendt, Sartre), but also confronts today's realities and challenges. As Cruz puts it, Until now, men attempted to describe the world; the moment has arrived for them to take it on.A"
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2011-07-21
  • Mått: 155 x 236 x 17 mm
  • Vikt: 360 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 144
  • Förlag: Continuum Publishing Corporation
  • ISBN: 9781441147752
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Manuel Cruz is Professor of Contemporary Philosophy at the University of Barcelona, Spain. A renowned philosopher and public intellectual, he has authored and edited over 20 books, many of which were translated into other languages. He also runs a monthly column in El Pais.

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Manuel Cruz is, together with few other Spanish philosophers, the reference of what is going on in Spain's contemporary philosophy. This book could be easily summed up with the following post-Marxist slogan: "until now men seemed fit to describe the world, now the moment has arrived for them to take it on." Cruz is alarmed by lack of responsibility in men today, that is, regardless of what is happening in the world, the first impression we get is that men find themselves less than ever responsible. It seems more difficult than ever to accuse, on whatever ground, someone even of things he himself is against, such as global warming, nuclear proliferation, or even racism which are all spread throughout the world. Although this is his first book translated into English, it will not be the last. --Santiago Zabala,  Santiago Zabala is ICREA Research Professor at the University of Barcelona and coauthor of Hermeneutic Communism

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