Habermas, Kristeva, and Citizenship

by Noëlle McAfee

Book Overview

Do poststructuralist accounts of the self undermine the prospects for effective democratic politics? In addressing this question, Noelle McAfee brings together the theories of Jurgen Habermas and Julia Kristeva, two major figures whose work is seldom juxtaposed. She examines their respective notions of subjectivity and politics and their implicit definitions of citizenship: the extent to which someone is able to deliberate and act in community with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801437067
• ISBN13: 9780801437069
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 219 Pages