Taking Charge
On Responsibility and Personal Identity
1st Edition
Published on 21. July 2011
144 pages
978-1-4411-6372-1 (ISBN)
Description
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." 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."
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."
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-6372-1 (9781441163721)
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07/2011
Continuum Publishing Corporation
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Person
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.
Content
Preface by Gianni Vattimo
Foreword
Introduction
I. The Problem that Concerns us: Responsibility and Identity
II. Towards an Innocent Responsibility
III. Nostalgia for the Horizon
IV. An Opportunity for a Different Identity
V. Responsibility, the Responsible and the Respondents
Epilogue. The Insomniac's Meditation
Foreword
Introduction
I. The Problem that Concerns us: Responsibility and Identity
II. Towards an Innocent Responsibility
III. Nostalgia for the Horizon
IV. An Opportunity for a Different Identity
V. Responsibility, the Responsible and the Respondents
Epilogue. The Insomniac's Meditation
