Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 286 g
Declarations of Independence in Comparative Perspective
Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 286 g
ISBN: 978-1-138-60687-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
Beginning with the founding speech in the American Declaration, Frost uses insights drawn from unexpected or unlikely forms of founding in cases like Ireland and Canada to reconsider the role of time and loss in how such speech is framed. She brings the discussion up to date by looking at recent debates in Scotland, where an undeclared declaration of independence overshadows contemporary politics. Drawing on the work of Hannah Arendt and using a contextualist, comparative theory method, Frost demonstrates that the capacity for renewal through speech arises in aspects of language that operate beyond conventional performativity.
Language, Democracy, and the Paradox of Constituent Power is an excellent resource for researchers and students of political theory, democratic theory, law, constitutionalism, and political history.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
- Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
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1. The Speaking Sovereign 2. Declarations of independence as proto-legal performatives 3. America’s Declaration of Independence as index case 4. Poetic prophecy in Ireland’s 1916 Proclamation of the Republic 5. Canada’s Secession Reference and the trickiness of sovereign speech 6. Scotland’s festival of democracy 7. Paradox, riddles, and the Saturnalia of language 8. Conclusion: Moving in the gap