Daniel Innerarity

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The Future and Its Enemies: In Defense of Political HopePaperback, 25 July 2012

The Future and Its Enemies: In Defense of Political Hope
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Part of Series
Cultural Memory in the Present
Print Length
152 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Date Published
25 Jul 2012
ISBN-10
0804775575
ISBN-13
9780804775571

Description

Humans may be the only creatures conscious of having a future, but all too often we would rather not think about it. Likewise, our societies, unable to deal with radical uncertainty, do not make policies with a view to the long term. Instead, we suffer from a sense of powerlessness, collective irrationality, and perennial political discontent.

In The Future and Its Enemies, Spanish philosopher Daniel Innerarity makes a plea for a new social contract that would commit us to moral and political responsibility with respect to future generations. He urges us to become advocates for the future in the face of enemies who, oblivious to the costs of modernization, press for endless and unproductive acceleration. His accessible book proposes a new way of confronting the unknown--one grounded in the calculation of risk. Declaring the classical right-left divide to be redundant, Innerarity presents his hopes for a renewed democracy and a politics that would find convincing ways to mediate between the priorities of the present, the heritage of the past, and the challenges that lie ahead.

Product Details

Author:
Daniel Innerarity
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
25 July 2012
Dimensions:
22.61 x 14.99 x 1.27 cm
Genre:
Political
ISBN-10:
0804775575
ISBN-13:
9780804775571
Language:
English
Location:
Stanford, CA
Pages:
152
Weight:
226.8 gm

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