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By closely observing the attachments that arise in families despite profound disagreements and incommensurabilities, Ferguson argues, we can imagine a political engagement that accommodates radical differences without sacrificing community. After examining how the concept of the family has been deployed and misused in political philosophy, Ferguson turns to the ways in which families actually operate: the macropolitical significance of family coping strategies such as silence and the impact that disability and caregiving have on conceptions of spatiality, sameness, and disparity. He also considers the emotional attachment between humans and their pets as an acknowledgment that compassion and community can exist even under conditions of profound difference.
Author: Kennan Ferguson
ISBN-10: 0822351765
ISBN-13: 9780822351764
Publisher: Duke University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/19/2012
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.20w x 0.70d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2013
Kennan Ferguson is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and the author of William James: Politics in the Pluriverse and The Politics of Judgment: Aesthetics, Identity, and Political Theory.
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