{"product_id":"tragedy-and-citizenship","title":"Tragedy and Citizenship","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA study of attitudes towards tragedy in both democratic and nondemocractic political theory.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTragedy and Citizenship provides a wide-ranging exploration of attitudes toward tragedy and their implications for politics. Derek W. M. Barker reads the history of political thought as a contest between the tragic view of politics that accepts conflict and uncertainty, and an optimistic perspective that sees conflict as self-dissolving. Drawing on Aristotle's political thought, alongside a novel reading of the Antigone that centers on Haemon, its most neglected character, Barker provides contemporary democratic theory with a theory of tragedy. He sees Hegel's philosophy of reconciliation as a critical turning point that results in the elimination of citizenship. By linking Hegel's failure to address the tragic dimensions of politics to Richard Rorty, John Rawls, and Judith Butler, Barkeroffers a major reassessment of contemporary political theory and a fresh perspective on the most urgent challenges facing democratic politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDerek W. M. Barker is a program officer at the Kettering Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54410541695320,"sku":"9780791476307","price":33.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780791476307_dc599911-2b10-4ce1-92bd-7f44ada6a12b.jpg?v=1777897812","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/tragedy-and-citizenship","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}