1. Kurzversion To prosper democracy needs subjectivity and foreignness. This central theme, discussed e. g. in relation to the refugee crisis, provides the basis of this collection. Since literature is filled with oddballs and strangers, all contributors were asked to deal with literary texts. Thus, the book accomplishes nothing less than rejuvenating the mutual exchange between literature and political philosophy. 2. Längere Version Democracy does not survive on cohesion alone. To prosper it al…
Read more1. Kurzversion To prosper democracy needs subjectivity and foreignness. This central theme, discussed e. g. in relation to the refugee crisis, provides the basis of this collection. Since literature is filled with oddballs and strangers, all contributors were asked to deal with literary texts. Thus, the book accomplishes nothing less than rejuvenating the mutual exchange between literature and political philosophy. 2. Längere Version Democracy does not survive on cohesion alone. To prosper it also needs subjectivity and foreignness. This central theme, discussed also in relation to the refugee crisis, provides the basis of this collection. Our contributors emphasize that this idea is much underestimated in today's political philosophy. As literature is filled with oddballs and strangers, all contributors were asked to deal with literary texts. Thus, works by Dostoyevsky, Beckett, Franzen and many more are - in some cases for the very first time - brought into a dialogue with philosophy. This way, the book accomplishes nothing less than rejuvenating the mutual exchange between literature and philosophy. Die Demokratie lebt nicht nur vom Zusammenhalt. Um zu gedeihen, braucht sie auch Subjektivität und Fremdheit. Dieser Leitgedanke, diskutiert u. a. anhand der Flüchtlingskrise, liegt dem Band zugrunde. Gezeigt wird insbesondere, dass er zu einem in der Politischen Philosophie stark unterschätztem Grade gilt. Weil die Literatur reich an Querköpfen und Fremdlingen ist, bekamen alle Beiträger den Auftrag, an die Literatur anzuschließen. So werden hier Werke von Dostojewski über Beckett bis hin zu Franzen, Erpenbeck u. v. a. - zum Teil erstmals - in Dialog mit der Politischen Philosophie gebracht. Damit gelingt es dem Band, den Austausch zwischen Literatur und Philosophie neu zu befruchten. Zwölf Beitragende, unter ihnen Martha C. Nussbaum und Winfried Fluck, zeigen, wie dringend Demokratien Querköpfe und Außenseiter brauchen.