Benhabibs universalist model of deliberative democracy. The two contributions arise partly out of benhabibs understanding of political. Each articulates her own position in an initial essay, then responds to the others in a followup essay, making possible a conversation between these influential feminist thinkers. Gender, community and postmodernism in contemporary ethics new york. Seyla benhabib, born in istanbul, turkey, is the eugene meyer professor of political science and philosophy at yale university and was director of its program in ethics, politics and economics from 2002 to 2008. Benhabib is well known for her work in political philosophy, which draws on critical theory and feminist political theory. Sovereigntists argue that the rapid development of international and transnational treaties and the emergence of regional human rights courts such as the european court of human rights ecthr undermine sovereignty and thus pose a threat to democratic selfdetermination. By seyla benhabib, judith butler, drucilla cornell, and nancy fraser. We are in a transitional period in the configuration of the world political community, when the doc trine of humanitarian interventions has pierced the shield of state sovereignty in problematic ways. The emergence of culture as an arena of intense political controversy is one of the most puzzling aspects of our current condition. Human rights, sovereignty and democratic iterations lecture.
The rights of others isbn 97805218345 pdf epub seyla. Increasingly in todays world we are experiencing intensifying antagonisms around religious and ethnocultural differences. Jul 01, 2016 the german newspaper, zeit, has an article on the recent allegations of sexual harassment and other unprofessional behavior against thomas pogge. She was educated at the american college for girls in istanbul, brandeis university, and received her ph. She says the material now in the public domain reveals pogges shockingly poor judgment. The criticisms she offers at each stage of the main theoretical appropriations of a general critical theory of society by utppia, adorno, marcuse, habermas are clear and thoughtful. Seyla benhabib is eugene meyer professor of political science and philosophy at yale university and author of the claims of culture. Cosmopolitanism, notes seyla benhabib, is a frequently invoked concept in modern political philosophy. Indeed, as joas has shown, this is deweys understanding of critique in a nutshell.
She argues that much debateincluding that of strong multiculturalism, which sees cultures as distinct pieces of a mosaicis dominated by this faulty belief, one with grave. She argues that many of the issues raised in abstract debate between universalism and multiculturalism can find acceptable solutions in practice. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. That is, i think adorno might have something a bit more to say in retort to her critique that he is still operating under the pretensions of the philosophy of the subject especially in light of the dialectical unpacking of the art object and its potential in aesthetic theory. On the one hand, the language of human rights has become the public. May 03, 2020 david anderson rated it it was amazing feb 19, books by seyla benhabib. Feminist theory and hannah arendts concept of public space. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Jan 01, 2006 seyla benhabib is a turkish jewish professor of political science and philosophy at yale, and director of the program in ethics, politics, and economics, and a wellknown contemporary philosopher. Application of seyla benhabibs universalist model of deliberative. The communicative ethics controversy by seyla benhabib. Request pdf seyla benhabib first i want to get a sense of your intellectual formation. Philosophy at yale university and director of the program in ethics.
Eugene meyer professor of political science and philosophy, yale university. Benhabib on pogge updated with clarification from benhabib. Sep 30, 2014 by seyla benhabib on september 21, 2014, on the new york times website, seyla benhabib argued that a rejection of the banality of evil argument. Situating the self is a decisive intervention into debates concerning modernity, postmodernity, ehtics, and the self. Professor benhabib is the recipient of the ernst bloch prize for 2009 one of germanys most prestigious philosophical prizes and. It will be of interest to all concerned with critical theory or contemporary ethics. I contrast the mainly negative conclusions drawn by conventional political theory about the possibility of reconciling democratic. Seyla benhabib the language of human rights has become the public vocabulary of our contemporary world. Seyla benhabib s the claims of culture seeks the appropriate response in demo cratic theory to demands for differential legal or political treatment made in the name of cultural difference.
Apr, 2020 benhabib is well known for combining critical theory with feminist theory. Benhabib another cosmopolitanism masaryk university. Drawing on the work of kants cosmopolitan doctrine and positions developed by hannah arendt, seyla benhabib explores how the topic has been analyzed within the larger history of political thought. Yale department of political science 50 park avenue, apt 4c po box 208301, new haven new york, ny 10016 ct 065208301. Seyla benhabibs first lecture in another cosmopolitanism, the philosophical foundations of cosmopolitan norms, begins with a section entitled the eichmann trial. Ironically, as the political influence of human rights has grown, their philosophical justification has become ever more controversial.
The death of a legend, and in her response to my subsequent rebuttal in these pages, one essential point must be clarified. Benhabib is well known for her work in political philosophy, which draws on. Seyla benhabib is the eugene meyer professor of political science and philosophy at yale university and director of the program in ethics, politics, and economics. Hospitality, sovereignty, and democratic iterations by seyla benhabib in doc, epub, fb3 download ebook. The confrontation between political islam and the socalled west has replaced the rhetoric of the cold war against communism. She is critical of postmodernism, but also of the idea that the task facing us today is the completion of the project of modernity. Benhabib is well known for combining critical theory with feminist theory. Apr 23, 2020 displaying an impressive command of complex materials, seyla benhabib reconstructs the history of theories from a systematic point of view and examines the origins and notm of the concept of critique benhabih the works of hegel to habermas. Equality and diversity in the global era princeton. A study of the foundations of critical theory by seyla benhabib. She is eugene mayer professor of political science and philosophy at yale university and was director of the program in ethics, politics, and economics from 20022008. This article examines the contemporary debate about the spread of transnational law and its sovereigntist critiques. An analysis of seyla benhabibs the rights of others aliens. Seyla benhabib s voice is emerging as one of the most vital and important in contemporary social and political theory.
In the rights of others, benhabib argues that the transnational movement of people across the globe has brought to. Paul marked it as toread mar 10, seyla benhabib is a turkish jewish professor of political science and philosophy at yale, and director of the program in ethics, politics, and economics, and a wellknown contemporary philosopher. Seyla benhabib 2010 philosophy and social criticism 36 34. Aliens, residents, and citizens the seeley lectures seyla benhabib this book explores the tension between universal principles of human rights and the selfdetermination claims of sovereign states as they affect the claims of refugees, asylumseekers and immigrants. Cambridge core political philosophy the rights of others by seyla benhabib. In a 2004 interview in the berkeley series conversations with history, seyla benhabib reflected on her background as a member of a sephardic jewish family that had lived in istanbul, turkey, since approximately 1492. This paper seeks to map and find structural and functional similarities between seyla. Equality and diversity in the global era and other books. She spoke to the various contingencies of life for such a family including the alltoonormal gender limitations experienced by her mother as well as the remarkable. The rights of others seyla benhabib by lynnemarion issuu. A conversation with seyla benhabib and judith resnik. She then traveled to the united states, where she received her ba in philosophy at brandeis university and her ma and phd in philosophy at yale university. Seyla benhabib is a turkish jewish professor of political science and philosophy at yale, and director of the program in ethics, politics, and economics, and a wellknown contemporary philosopher. Listed on this webpage are a number of papers that professor benhabib has written on various topics and for various events.
In this collection of her recent articles, she articulates and defends a conception of interactive dialogical rationality and universalism that is sensitive to recent critiques by feminists, communitarians and postmodernists. If you do not have a pdf reader, you can download the free adobe reader at. Seyla benhabib in this book, seyla benhabib makes an intervention into the debates concerning modernity, postmodernity, reason and the self. Benhabib ostensibly discusses the kidnapping and trial for heuristic reasons, but the reader might well be concerned with the possible political effects of her startling. Seyla benhabib was born in istanbul, turkey, where she received her ba in humanities at the american college for girls.
A conversation with seyla benhabib and judith resnik terri gordonzolov wsq. A study of the foundations of critical theory by seyla benhabib carlos rated it it was amazing jan 09, sep 17, andrew rated it it was amazing. Benhabib is an exceptionally clear thinker, and here she takes us through the frustrating terrain of the normativity of critical social theory. Seyla benhabib is a turkishborn american philosopher of sephardic ancestry. In fact, the very binarism between nationals and foreigners, citizens and migrants is sociologically inadequate and the reality is much more fluid, as many citizens are of migrant origin, and many nationals themselves are foreignborn.
She previously taught in the departments of philosophy at boston university, suny stony brook, the new school for social research, and the department. She advocates not open but porous boundaries, recognising both the admittance rights of refugees and asylum seekers, but also the regulatory rights of democracies. In her seeley lectures, the distinguished political theorist seyla benhabib makes a powerful plea, echoing immanuel kant, for moral universalism and cosmopolitan federalism. The rights of others examines the boundaries of political community by focusing on political membership the principles and practices for. By seyla benhabib abstract this essay examines the rise of legal cosmopolitanism in the period since the udhr of 1948 as it gives rise to two very distinct sets of literature and preoccupations. Seyla benhabib 2002 democratic equality and cultural diversity.
Dec 28, 2015 the communicative ethics controversy by seyla benhabib editor in epub, fb3, rtf download ebook. Sebastian rated it really liked it sep 18, ageel ali rated it really liked it may 04, uropia abysses rated it really liked it feb 02, gina eom rated it really henhabib it feb 27, jon gagas marked it as toread may 23, minkah marked it as toread aug 31, benhabib argues that we can embrace and extend the communicative. She has written extensively on the philosophers hannah arendt and jurgen habermas, as well as on the topic of human migration. Benhabib, seyla the tanner lectures on human values. A conversation with seyla benhabib and judith resnik cdn. In this volume, derived from her tanner lectures of 2004, benhabib gives a specific gloss on one particular variant of cosmopolitanism, identifying. From supreme court decisions concerning the right of performance artists to smear themselves with excrementlike substances to a canadian courts admission of the oral stories of first nations as legitimate evidence. Seyla benhabib this volume presents a debate between four of the top feminist theorists in the united states. In it, seyla benhabib, pogges colleague in yales department of political science, is reported as calling for yale to act. Seyla benhabib is the eugene meyer professor of political science and philosophy at yale university and was director of the program in ethics, politics and economics 20022008. Maintaining that cultures are themselves torn by conflicts about their own boundaries, seyla benhabib challenges the assumption shared by many theorists and activists that cultures are clearly defined wholes. Papers seyla benhabib yale campuspress yale university. Seyla benhabib is the eugene meyer professor of political science and.