Presence and the Political : Performing Human

Farhang Rajaee

ISBN 10: 3030594890 / ISBN 13: 9783030594893

Published by Springer International Publishing, 2022

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This bookdeals with a concern ofhow humanity performs toward itself and how it performs within the public realm, and where it must be in relation with others. Public life is not solely about politics but also the political, i.e., intellectual, moral, economic, religious, and collective habits-including fashions and amusements, artefacts, histories, and legacies. This book argues that manraison d'êtrein worldly life is to have a civil presence and create civilization. It contends that what makes it possible is the coming together of 'presence, ethos, and theatre' and their working in concert. The first half of this book elaborates on the nuances of these three pillars,andthesecond half offers three examples of civilizations that have succeeded to achieve this within what it claims to be three major worldviews that he calls'divine-immanence, the divine-transcendence, and human-immanence.'.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Presence and the Political : Performing Human
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030594890
• ISBN 13: 9783030594893
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 17D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 406 grams

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Synopsis

This book deals with a concern of how humanity performs toward itself and how it performs within the public realm, and where it must be in relation with others. Public life is not solely about politics but also the political, i.e., intellectual, moral, economic, religious, and collective habits—including fashions and amusements, artefacts, histories, and legacies. This book argues that man raison d'être in worldly life is to have a civil presence and create civilization. It contends that what makes it possible is the coming together of “presence, ethos, and theatre” and their working in concert. The first half of this book elaborates on the nuances of these three pillars, and the second half offers three examples of civilizations that have succeeded to achieve this within what it claims to be three major worldviews that he calls “divine-immanence, the divine-transcendence, and human-immanence.” 

About the Author

Farhang Rajaee is an Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Humanities at Carleton University, Canada.