Between cultures : tensions in the struggle for recognition / Alexander García Düttmann ; translated by Kenneth B. Woodgate.
By: García Düttmann, Alexander
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BookSeries: Phronesis (London, England): Publisher: London ; New York : Verso, 2000Description: x, 245 p. ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1859847552; 1859842739 (pbk.).Subject(s): Gay rights | Homosexuality -- Social aspects | Culture conflictDDC classification: 306.766
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Whenever an individual asks to be recognized, he asks for confirmation of what he believes himself to be. But he also asks for an establishing act that brings about what he will be once he has been recognized. Recognition is thus marked by a tension between two incompatible demands. Between Cultures is a philosophical attempt to discuss issues related to multiculturalism in the light of this struggle for recognition. Moving effortlessly across various disciplines, it refers to the work of Adorno, Derrida, Freud, Hegel, Heidegger, Rawls, Walzer and Wittgenstein to describe a historical and critical politics of recognition.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245).
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Translator's note (p. ix)
- Diagnosis and thought (p. 1)
- Between cultures: Cultural trash (p. 3)
- The culture of quotation: What does recognition mean? (p. 46)
- Between cultures: Hyphens (p. 65)
- The culture of polemic: We're queer, we're here, so get fuckin' used to it (p. 103)
- Between cultures: Aids (p. 121)
- The culture of criticism: Recognition as presupposition and result (p. 137)
- Between cultures: Plan of life: self-extinguishment (p. 167)
- The culture of interpretation: Struggling for recognition (p. 181)
- Irony and rescue (p. 202)
- Appendix Selfhood: Notes on autonomy and recognition (p. 214)
- Not always being good: Appendix to the English translation (p. 219)
- About this book (p. 236)
- Bibliography (p. 237)