The aspiration towards universality in political theory and political geography
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- Geoforum [ 0016-7185 ] ; 1995.
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- Arato, Cambridge university press, Chartist, Civil society, Cohen, Communicative action, Communitarian, Communitarian critique, Critique, Democratic participation, Democratic politics, Discourse ethics, Feminist, Feminist theory, First sight, Geographer, Geography, Gordon clark, Habermas, Harvard university press, Historical geography, Howell, Human beings, Human geography, Human need, Human sciences, Intimate sphere, Iris marion, John rawls, Liberal democracy, Localism, Minimal universalism, Moral goods, Moral landscapes, Normative, Normative theory, Original position, Parallel development, Particular communities, Particular interests, Particularity, Philosophical papers, Plurality, Political culture, Political geographers, Political geography, Political life, Political philosophy, Political space, Political theory, Postmodernism, Practical politics, Principled, Principled positions, Procedural norms, Public imagination, Public space, Public spaces, Public sphere, Rawls, Same time, Social justice, Social movements, Social theory, Sphere, Structural transformation, Universal citizenship, Universal norms, Universal standards, Universalism, Universalist, Universality, Walzer, Whilst.
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- Arato, Cambridge university press, Chartist, Civil society, Cohen, Communicative action, Communitarian, Communitarian critique, Critique, Democratic participation, Democratic politics, Discourse ethics, Feminist, Feminist theory, First sight, Geographer, Geography, Gordon clark, Habermas, Harvard university press, Historical geography, Howell, Human beings, Human geography, Human need, Human sciences, Intimate sphere, Iris marion, John rawls, Liberal democracy, Localism, Minimal universalism, Moral goods, Moral landscapes, Normative, Normative theory, Original position, Parallel development, Particular communities, Particular interests, Particularity, Philosophical papers, Plurality, Political culture, Political geographers, Political geography, Political life, Political philosophy, Political space, Political theory, Postmodernism, Practical politics, Principled, Principled positions, Procedural norms, Public imagination, Public space, Public spaces, Public sphere, Rawls, Same time, Social justice, Social movements, Social theory, Sphere, Structural transformation, Universal citizenship, Universal norms, Universal standards, Universalism, Universalist, Universality, Walzer, Whilst.
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Abstract: This paper seeks to trace and re-evaluate the convergence between political geography and contemporary political theory regarding the normative ascendancy of the local, contingent, concrete and particular over universal, abstract and general theories of justice. The search for universal norms has been roundly critiqued, principally by postmodern, communitarian and feminist authors, and in part this has paved the way for a recovery of content and context that appeals to political geographers. It is argued, however, that the wholesale rush to what is called here a persistent localism—in the form of the promotion of the claims of particular communities, partial and situated knowledges, the politics of difference—is premature. The dangers and inconsistencies of the latter may be avoided it is claimed by reiterating the minimal universalism contained in Habermas's theory of the public sphere. The theory is discussed and illustrated, compared to more aggressive proponents of universal standards of justice, and argued to be both normatively defensible and potentially geographically sensitive. The paper concludes that the aspiration to universality may be maintained within political geography.
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The search for universal norms has been roundly critiqued, principally by postmodern, communitarian and feminist authors, and in part this has paved the way for a recovery of content and context that appeals to political geographers. It is argued, however, that the wholesale rush to what is called here a persistent localism—in the form of the promotion of the claims of particular communities, partial and situated knowledges, the politics of difference—is premature. The dangers and inconsistencies of the latter may be avoided it is claimed by reiterating the minimal universalism contained in Habermas's theory of the public sphere. The theory is discussed and illustrated, compared to more aggressive proponents of universal standards of justice, and argued to be both normatively defensible and potentially geographically sensitive. The paper concludes that the aspiration to universality may be maintained within political geography.</abstract><note>This paper was originally presented to the ‘New Theoretical Directions in Political Geography’ seminar, held at the University of Birmingham, 20 September 1993. 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