Self/Power/Other: Political Theory and Dialogical Ethics. (book reviews)

This is an engaging book that intricately weaves interpretations of Augustine, Foucault, and Merleau-Ponty together in order to argue for an agonistic, dialogical politics of difference. Coles's stated assumption is that our differences are fertile ground. Neither abstract individualism nor communitarianism takes advantage of these differences.

When "dialogically engaged," these differences, or "edges," provide us with the resources we need to contest domination and assert our freedom creatively (p. 6). Aside from opening and closing references to ecology and a ...

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