Political Encounters A Hermeneutic Inquiry into the Situation of Pol
This book takes the novel approach of framing Political Obligation as a situation rather than a problem. By doing so, Political Obligation is not considered as an issue to be solved, but a central condition of existence to be investigated and understood.
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Political Encounters
Ruairidh J. Brown
Political Encounters A Hermeneutic Inquiry into the Situation of Political Obligation
Ruairidh J. Brown University of Nottingham Ningbo China Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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Acknowledgements
The core concept of this book—the idea of the ‘encounter’ as a means of studying the relationship between citizens and States—has its genesis in my research proposal for a Ph.D. at the University of St Andrews, written in the winter of 2012. I would subsequently first thank my Ph.D. supervisor Dr. Gabriella Slomp. I was truly blessed to have such an encouraging and invested supervisor. I would also like to thank my second supervisor Professor Patrick Hayden for both his continual support and advice as well as the invaluable insight he provided into political existentialism. Both Gabriella and Patrick I feel went beyond the call of duty in the advice and assistance they offered during my Ph.D. years, and indeed since, for which I am eternally grateful. I would also here like to thank my two Ph.D. examiners, Professor John Horton and Professor Tony Lang. I was in particular very fortunate—and honoured—to have John, one of the leading experts on the subject of Political Obligation, as my external examiner. It was also John who pressed me in viva examination on the potential dangers of my project in relation to the rising concern o
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