Acts of Citizenship by Isin, Engin F.

Acts of Citizenship (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781842779514)

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Acts of Citizenship by Isin, Engin F.

Acts of Citizenship

$115.00
Acts of Citizenship by Isin, Engin F.

Acts of Citizenship

$115.00
Format: Hardcover
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This book introduces the concept of 'act of citizenship' and in doing so, re-orients the study of what it means to be a citizen. Isin and Nielsen show that an 'act of citizenship' is the event through which subjects constitute themselves as citizens. They claim that such an act involves both responsibility and answerability, but is ultimately irreducible to either. This study of citizenship is truly interdisciplinary, drawing not only on new developments in politics, sociology, geography and anthropology, but also on psychoanalysis, philosophy and history. Ranging from Antigone and Socrates in the ancient world to checkpoints, euthanasia and flash mobs in the modern one, the 'acts' and chapters here build up a dynamic and wide-ranging picture. Acts of Citizenship provides important new insights for all those concerned with the relationship between individuals, groups and polities.

Author: Engin F. Isin
ISBN-10: 1842779516
ISBN-13: 9781842779514
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.27h x 6.38w x 0.95d
By Engin F. Isin
By Engin F. Isin
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Engin F. Isin is Chair and Professor of Citizenship in Politics and International Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Open University. He is also director of the Centre for Citizenship, Identities, Governance at the Faculty of Social Sciences.His books include Cities Without Citizens (1992) and Being Political (2002).

Greg M. Nielsen is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Broadcasting Studies at Concordia University in Montreal.
Engin F. Isin is Chair and Professor of Citizenship in Politics and International Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Open University. He is also director of the Centre for Citizenship, Identities, Governance at the Faculty of Social Sciences.His books include Cities Without Citizens (1992) and Being Political (2002).

Greg M. Nielsen is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Broadcasting Studies at Concordia University in Montreal.

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