Benhabibs model of democracy is firmly rooted in a systematic and welldeveloped moral theory, and her policy recommendations are informed both by extensive philosophical reflection and by her uncompromising commitment to individual identity. Equality and diversity in the global era paperback august 25. Seyla benhabib is eugene meyer professor of political science and philosophy at yale university. Seyla benhabib is the eugene meyer professor of political science and philosophy at yale university and was director of the program in ethics, politics and economics 20022008. The claims of culture by seyla benhabib, 9780691048635, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. This book brings unparalleled clarity to the contemporary debate over this question. Seyla benhabibs book presents a subtly defined, vigorously argued. In her recent book the claims of culture, seyla benhabib brings our attention to the politics of cultural identity and the challenges it. Advanced ethics an international journal of social, political, and legal philosophy. Drawing on contemporary cultural politics from western europe, canada, and the united states, benhabib develops a doubletrack model of deliberative democracy that permits maximum cultural contestation within the official public sphere as well as in and through social movements and the institutions of civil society. A study of the foundations of critical theory columbia university press, 1986. Maintaining that cultures are themselves torn by conflicts about their own boundaries, seyla benhabib challenges the assumption shared by. Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book.
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Seyla benhabibs the claims of culture seeks the appropriate response in demo cratic theory to demands for differential legal or political treatment made in the name of cultural difference. How can liberal democracy best be realized in a world fraught. Her books include transformations of citizenship the spinoza lectures, the reluctant modernism of hannah arendt, and situating the self. Equality and diversity in the global era2 as committing these sins and. Book chapter cultural complexity, moral independence, and the global dialogical community benhabib reconsiders aspects of the cultural relativismuniversalism debate via sociological hypotheses regarding the reproduction and interdependence of cultures. Books seyla benhabib yale campuspress yale university. She previously taught in the departments of philosophy at boston university, suny stony brook, the new school for social research, and the department of government at harvard university. Equality and diversity in the global era skip to main content. Buy the claims of culture by seyla benhabib from waterstones today.