Acts of Citizenship
Acts of Citizenship by Engin F. Isin
English | Feb. 1, 2008 | ISBN: 1842779516, 1842779524 | 320 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | Feb. 1, 2008 | ISBN: 1842779516, 1842779524 | 320 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
This book introduces the concept of 'act of citizenship' and in doing so, re-orients the study of what it means to be a citizen. Isin and Nielsen show that an 'act of citizenship' is the event through which subjects constitute themselves as citizens. They claim that such an act involves both responsibility and answerability, but is ultimately irreducible to either.