The Government and its People. Challenging Walzer´s Notion of 'Political Community'

Scientific Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Politics - General and Theories of International Politics, , language: English, abstract: I will attempt to answer the question in which way Walzer's perspective on political community is one that is incomplete and further a perspective which's application is normatively highly objectionable. In the first chapter I shall explain what Walzer means when he speaks about political community and how the concept can be used to justify the use of force. Secondly, I will recite various omissions on Walzer's part in regard to political community, respectively I will outline what he, in my view, did not see when he engaged in the theorizing of the communitarian concept. In the last chapter of my contribution, I will then analyze why Walzer's notion of political community may normatively be seen as indecorous and even dangerous.

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Elena Ferrante Secches, Fabiane, Hoffmann, Talita

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