Sociability and Its Enemies: German Political Theory After 1945 Contributor(s): Norberg, Jakob (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810129361 ISBN-13: 9780810129368 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 306.209 |
LCCN: 2013031514 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9" (0.75 lbs) 248 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Sociability and Its Enemies contributes both to contemporary studies of political theory and to discourse on postwar Germany by reconstructing the arguments concerning the nature and value of sociability as a form of interaction and interconnection particular to modern bourgeois society. Jakob Norberg argues that the writings of Hannah Arendt, J rgen Habermas, Carl Schmitt, and the historian Reinhart Koselleck present conflicting responses to a hitherto neglected question or point of contention: whether bourgeois sociability should serve as a therapeutic practice and politically relevant ideal for postwar Germany. The book sheds light on previously neglected historical and conceptual connections among political theorists, and it enriches established narratives of postwar intellectual history. |