Paul Ricoeur - Politics, Economy, and Society

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2 Title Page Politics, Economy, and Society Writings and Lectures, Volume 4 Paul Ricoeur Edited and with an Introduction by Pierre-Olivier Monteil Translated by Kathleen Blamey polity

3 Copyright Page Copyright Page Originally published in French as Politique, économie et société . Écrits et conférences, 4 © Editions du Seuil, 2019 This English translation © Polity Press, 2021 Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4386-1 – hardback ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4387-8 – paperback A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. by Fakenham Prepress Solutions, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8NL The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

4 Editor’s Introduction Notes

5 Note on the French Edition

6 I Theological-Political Prologue

7 1. The Adventures of the State and the Task of ChristiansThe Twofold Biblical “Reading” of the State The Twofold History of Power Our Twofold Political Task Notes

8 2. From Marxism to Contemporary Communism Marxism’s Scope The Petrification of Marxism Notes

9 3. Socialism Today The Economic Level: Planning The Social and Political Level: Democratic Governance The Cultural Level: Socialist Humanism Notes

10 II The Paradoxes of the Political

11 4. Hegel Today The Phenomenology of Spirit , or How to Enter into Hegel’s System Three theses Three questions The Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences or Fifteen Years Later Logic The philosophy of nature The philosophy of spirit Questions Fascinations Resistances Notes

12 5. Morality, Ethics, and Politics [The Capable Human Being] [From the Capable Subject to the Historical Subject] [Politics, the Milieu Where the Ethical Aim is Fulfilled] [The Political Paradox] [Responsibility and Fragility] Notes

13 6. Responsibility and Fragility Rival Cities Paradoxes of the Political International Society Notes

14 7. The Paradoxes of Authority [Reciprocity and Dissymmetry] [The Foundation Before the Foundation] [Authority and Mutual Indebtedness]

15 8. Happiness, Off Site Happiness and What is One’s Own Happiness and Close Relations: Friendship Happiness and the Distant: Justice Notes

16 III Politics, Economy, and Societies

17 9. Is Crisis a Phenomenon Specific to Modernity? Some “Regional” Concepts of Crisis Criteria for a “Generalized” Concept of Crisis Criteria for a “Modern” Concept of Crisis? Notes

18 10. Money: From One Suspicion to the Next The Moral Level The Economic Level The Political Level Notes

19 11. The Erosion of Tolerance and the Resistance of the Intolerable

20 12. The Condition of the ForeignerBasic Distinction: “Foreigner” versus “Member” The Foreigner “Chez Nous” The foreigner as visitor The foreigner as immigrant The foreigner as refugee Notes

21 13. Fragile Identity: Respect for the Other and Cultural Identity The Question of Memory What is the Cause of the Fragility of Identity? The Other Experienced as a Threat The Heritage of Founding Violence Notes

22 IV Europe

23 14. What New Ethos for Europe? The Model of Translation The Model of the Exchange of Memories The Model of Forgiveness Notes

24 15. The Dialogue of Cultures, the Confrontation of Heritages Notes

25 16. The Crisis of Historical Consciousness and Europe [Exhausting the Project of the Enlightenment?] [From Dissolution to Reconstruction] Notes

26 V Epilogue

27 17. The Struggle for Recognition and the Economy of the Gift [Recognition] [The Gift] Notes

28 Origin of the Texts

29 Index

30 End User License Agreement

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