Politics of Difference: Epistemologies of Peace

by Hartmut Behr

Book Overview

This book develops a notion of differences and 'otherness' beyond hegemonic and hierarchical thinking as represented by the legacies of Western philosophical and political thought.

In doing so, it relates to the phenomenological discourse of the twentieth century, especially to Georg Simmel, Alfred Sch tz, Emmanual L vinas, and Jacques Derrida, and drafts our understanding of difference as a genuine human experience of a social and political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415742218
• ISBN13: 9780415742214
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.6"