The Well-Tempered Self: Citizenship, Culture, and the Postmodern Subject

Miller, T. (1993) The Well-Tempered Self: Citizenship, Culture, and the Postmodern Subject. John Hopkins University Press.

Abstract

"This Fouauldian analysis of political identity- formation, social ethics, and cultural policy in advanced capitalist societies is a timely addition to democratic theory. Miller contrasts the ethic of 'incompleteness' which produces an accelerated and self-policing citizens to the 'autoinvention' exemplified by (some) new social movements and hinted at Foucault's later works. The middle, substantive chapters are the strongest; Miller marshalls a wealth of original data on the deep schism between selfless citizen and self-serving customer underlying much Australian and Brittish Public Policy; the politics of incivility (again, in Australia); and the issue of 'cultural imperialism' under the General Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade. These imaginative discussion denaturalize such classic concepts as national identity, state sovreignty, individual autonomy, self-discovery, and civic virtue."

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Publication Type:	Book
Publisher:	John Hopkins University Press
Copyright:	© 2016 Johns Hopkins University Press
Publishers Website:	https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/content/well-tempe...
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/40678

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