Trajik Hissiyat Ütopik Siyaset

Tragic Feeling Utopian Politics Book Description We cannot cope with living in the desert of truth, we are increasingly lost in the nihilism of post-truth, we seek profit as a show of mischievous intelligence behind any moral act, we either present our callous and calculating political and personal steps as if they were the best for everyone with obvious coercion, or we present them as if they were the best of all with a careless attitude. At a time when we ruthlessly assume that maximizing our partial interest is the most humane attitude, and at a time when we lose our faith in good and condemn and ridicule those who seek good, J.-J. is a philosopher devoted to the truth. Is it inappropriate to return to Rousseau? Authors who read Rousseau, who has an important place in the history of thought, in the light of modern studies, investigate what the philosopher can say to those who think about politics today. They create a holistic picture, based on the thinker's oeuvre, against reductionist interpretations. Rousseau, who rejects the idea that humans are inherently evil, accepts that people are actually capable of "virtuous" behavior, no matter what evil they commit. So, under what conditions do these beings, who also do evil, become "good" and "virtuous" and live together without establishing a relationship of domination? The book, in which the contradictions between individual and society, not knowing oneself and knowing oneself, reason and emotion, are discussed in this direction, thus weighs in detail Rousseau's idea of a society based on equality and looking after the common interest; It invites us to rethink both "tragedy" and utopia, both the philosopher and the present. We believe that our readers who are interested in political theory and philosophy will enjoy reading it. (From the Promotional Bulletin)