The Rugged Individualist Club
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12450573 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeannine M Love (0000-0001-8610-3657, George Washington University, corresponding author), Jeannine Love (George Washington University) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 424-449 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Administrative Theory & Praxis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-1806 • E-ISSN: 1949-0461 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10841806.2008.11029664 |
| OpenAlex | W2283056847 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 19 |
This paper explores the impacts of the dominant Hobbesian ontology and the Protestant ethic on individual experience within the United States, connecting the ideas of "disaster capitalism" and the "myth of the Individual" to explore the ways in which individual citizens are isolated, alienated, and subjugated. The paper identifies forms of isolation experienced by individuals in public administration, anti-poverty policies, and popular methods of citizen participation. Playing off the notion of "hollow government," the paper argues that the Hobbesian ontology of fear and othering, along with Lockean Individualism, creates "hollow Individuals" by negating opportunities for interpersonal exchange of ideas. The paper suggests that the field of public administration can begin to counteract the paradox of Individualism, in part, by following Stivers' (1994) model of the "listening bureaucrat
Agency (philosophy · Government (linguistics · Individualism · Political science · Poverty · Social science · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Public Administration
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Toward a Relational Language of Process
From Atomistic to Interwoven
Reconsidering the Consumer Citizen Ethan Porter. The consumer citizen
Competing Ontologies
Brand USA
Relational Process Ontology
Ubuntu and Defining Community in America
Regulating the poor
Democracy in America
The challenge to improve citizen participation in public budgeting
Flat Broke with Children
The Debate on the Constitution
Conflict and Community
The Ontology of Hope in Dark Times
When Anonymity Is Revealed and Otherness Becomes Privileged
Frederick Thayer and the Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
Theorizing the Authentic
Nobody Said it Was Easy
Dynamic Administration
The social construction of reality
Theory Competency for MPA‐Educated Practitioners
Wisdom in Public Administration
Globalization and Religious Nationalism
The Study of Administration
Jacques Lacan and the Theory of the Human Subject
Social Construction of Target Populations
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |