The Politics of Tragedy and Democratic Citizenship [Paperback]

This study of the political significance of theories of tragedy and ordinary language uses of tragedy offers a fresh perspective on democracy in contemporary times.

The Politics of Tragedy: An Introduction and Overview

SECTION I: TRAGEDY AND POLITICAL AGENCY
2. V?clav Havel: The Political Uses of Tragedy in the Aftermath of Communism
3. Italian Neorealism: Tragic Cinema in the Aftermath of Fascism
4. Cornel West: Tragedy and the Fulfillment of American Democracy

SECTION II: TRAGEDY AND POLITICAL SOLIDARITY
5. Nelson Mandela: Tragedy in a Divided South Africa
6. 9/11: Tragedy and Theodicy as American Responses to Suffering

SECTION III: TRAGEDY AND POLITICAL IDENTITY
7. Botho Strauss: Goatsong in a Democratic Key?
8. Christa Wolf: Greek Tragedy and German Democracy
9. Michael Schorr's Schultze Gets the Blues: German Borrowings from the New World African Tragic
10. Conclusion:
Anticipating a Different Kind of Sixties Tragedy

Robert C. Pirro is Professor of Political Science at Georgia Southern University, USA. His research focuses on the political significance of works and theories of tragedy and ordinary language uses of tragedy and related terms. His publications include peer-reviewed articles inPolitical Theoryas well asHannah Arendt and the Politics of Tragedy(2001).