The Politics of Listening

Possibilities and Challenges for Democratic Life
2017. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-137-53166-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 300 g

This book explores listening as a social and political practice, in contrast to the more common focus on voice and speaking.  The author draws on cases from Canada, France and the United Kingdom, exploring: minority women and debates over culture and religion; riots and young men in France and England; citizen journalism and the creative use of different media; and solidarity between migrant justice and indigenous activists. Analysis across these diverse settings considers whether and how a politics of listening, which demands that the roles of speakers and listeners change, can be undertaken in adversarial and tense political moments. The Politics of Listening argues that such a practice has the potential to create new ways of being and acting together, as political equals who are heard on their own terms.

The book will appeal to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology and political theory.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bassel, Leah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Why a politics of listening?.- 2. They only listen when we bash our culture.-3.‘We are only remembered when we riot’.- 4. Creative Alternatives.- 5. Listening as Solidarity.- 6. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Leah Bassel is Associate Professor in the School of Media, Communication and Sociology at the University of Leicester, UK. Her research interests include the political sociology of gender, migration, race and citizenship.