Deliver us from evil? Prospects for living ethically and acting politically in human geography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8093325 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Cloke (0000-0003-2679-1915, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 587-604 |
| Publication date | 2002-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Progress in Human Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-1325 • E-ISSN: 1477-0288 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1191/0309132502ph391oa |
| OpenAlex | W2166810898 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 133 |
| References cited | 14 |
This paper addresses the dilemma of how easy it is to talk and write about human geographies of ethics and justice compared to the difficulties of living out those geographies in our everyday life practices. If radical ideas and radical practices are to go hand in hand, we need to address the apparent inability to retain a critical political edge in human geography. The paper comments on new readings of moral and ethical geographies, noting Marc Augé's distinction between a sense of the other and a sense for the other, and arguing that any goal in human geography for developing an emotional, connected and committed sense for the other may necessitate a prompting of the moral imagination which includes political/ethical/spiritual constellations of issues such as charity, agape and evil. Drawing on the work of Hannah Arendt and Melissa Orlie, the paper emphasizes imaginations of power that recognize ‘evil’, the crisis of the citizen-subject, and the recovery of political enthusiasms for ‘invisible powers’. It envisions a human geography in which living ethically and acting politically can be essentially intertwined with a sense for the other in a sensitive, committed and active approach to the subject. This entails both a continuing engagement in collective political action against ordered evil, and taking responsibility for what we have been made to be and for who we are becoming
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| Unique citing works | 133 |
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| Citations per year | 5,54 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2026 (25) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 131 |