A new article out for the JBSP by Maria Russo (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano) and Francesco Tava (UWE, Bristol).
Maria Russo & Francesco Tava – “Fraternity-without-Terror: A Sartrean Account of Political Solidarity”
JBSP (Received 21 Jan 2023, Accepted 28 Mar 2023, Published online: 18 Apr 2023). OPEN ACCESS
Abstract: This article analyses Sartre’s conflicting interpretations of human relationality in Critique of Dialectical Reason and Hope Now in order to demostrate two things. First, that the social dynamics leading to the formation of what Sartre calls “fused groups” and “fraternity-terror” are still at play in current manifestations of exclusionary and antagonistic conceptions of identity politics, which we contend constitute a risk for contemporary democracy. Second, that an alternative conception of “fraternity-without-terror”, whose foundations can be found in Sartre’s latest reflections upon the possibility of a normative ethics of reciprocity, can pave the ground to a fairer model of political solidarity.
Full article: https://doi.org/10.1080/00071773.2023.2197952
Maria Russo, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
Francesco Tava, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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