Three Frames of Modern Politics Self, Others, and Institutions /

• Main Author: McCool, Daniel J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Political theory.; Political philosophy.; Political Theory.; Political Philosophy.

This book examines the centrality of personality in political discourse since the Enlightenment. It considers the theory known as the "politics of authenticity," its counter-discourses, and the ways in which it has degraded or enriched our collective political life. Using three models of p...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Self, Others, and Institutions
• 2. The Politics of Authenticity
• 3. The Politics of Theatricality
• 4. Henry David Thoreau's Conscientious Performance
• 5. Institutional Politics
• 6. How The Right Co-opted Anti-Institutionalism
• 7. Conclusion: Our Crisis of Authenticity.