Bøker av Seyla Benhabib

Filosofen Seyla Benhabib er opptatt av problemstillinger knyttet til flerkulturalitet og kosmopolitisme, hun mener at ingen kultur er «ren», men formes og omformes i kontakt med andre kulturer. I to essay i denne boka diskuterer hun begrepet verdensborgerskap. Synet på det å være en borger er i ferd med å forandre seg. Siden FNs menneskerettighetserklæring kom i 1948, har vi fått et globalt sivilt samfunn som er styrt av verdensborgerlige verdier og universelle rettigheter. Men slike verdier er vanskelige for noen å akseptere som legitime, fordi de er i konflikt med nasjonale idealer. Like fullt er Benhabib optimistisk på fremtidens vegne og mener at normer om menneskeretter vil opprettholdes og utvides ved gjentatte brytninger og revurderinger av nasjonalstaters identitet og grenser.Seyla Benhabib er født i 1950 i Istanbul av jødiske foreldre og er i dag professor i politisk filosofi ved Yale i USA.Nr. 64 i Cappelens upopulære skrifter.

Maintaining that cultures are themselves torn by conflicts about their own boundaries, this book challenges the assumption shared by many theorists and activists that cultures are clearly defined wholes. It offers insight to those who strive to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of cultural politics in the twenty-first century.

The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt rereads Arendt's political philosophy in light of newly gained insights into the historico-cultural background of her work.

This volume presents a debate between four of the top feminist theorists in the US, discussing the key questions facing contemporary feminist theory, responding to each other, and distinguishing their views from others.

Focusing on contemporary debates in moral and political theory, 'Situating the Self' argues that a non-relative ethics, binding on us in virtue of our humanity, is still a philosophically viable project.

Focusing on contemporary debates in moral and political theory, Situating the Self argues that a non-relative ethics, binding on us in virtue of out humanity, is still a philosophically viable project. This intersting new book should be read by all those concerned with the problems of critical theory, the analysis of modernity, and contemporary ethics, as well as students and professionals in philosophy, sociology and political science.

This is an outstanding collection of essays which brings together for the first time the work of a group of writers well--known in the Marxist--feminist tradition. The essays range from Marx to Foucault and go beyond them to offer genuine advances in the way social and political life can be reconceptualized in the light of feminist critique.

Benhabib argues that since the UN Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, we have entered a phase of global civil society which is governed by cosmopolitan norms of universal justice - norms which are difficult for some to accept as legitimate since they are in conflict with democratic ideals.