Political ideals after the 'Modernism versus Postmodernism' Divide: Local attachment and global obligation
Date
2013ISSN
18412300Publisher
Romanian Academy Publishing House / Editura Academiei RomaneSource
Romanian Review of Political Sciences & International RelationsVolume
10Issue
2Pages
76-90Google Scholar check
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Political thought has consistently dealt with particularist and universalist allegiance and ideality. Several -- isms, chief among them, patriotism, communitarianism, cosmopolitanism, internationalism have been produced from various treatments of particularism and universalism. In recent decades the preoccupation with the 'modernism versus postmodernism' divide has set the stage for re-considerations of diverse commitments that emanate from local and global allegiance. After briefly explaining particularist and universalist political ideality, this article raises the claim that epochal debates such as the 'modernism versus postmodernism' offer (even if in retrospect) a new discursive context for framing local attachment and global obligation. To substantiate this claim, the article employs the political issue of material aid and redistribution of wealth. It concludes with some indicative remarks concerning how ambivalences of the particular and the universal can be investigated through a theory of justice that takes into account modern and postmodern sensibilities. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; Copyright of Romanian Review of Political Sciences & International Relations is the property of Romanian Academy Publishing House / Editura Academiei Romane and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)