Internal Polity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9889072 |
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| Authors | Simon Baddeley (INLOGOV School of Public Policy, The University of Birmingham, P. 0. Box 363, Birmingham B15 217, UK., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1073-1103 |
| Publication date | 1995-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001872679504800905 |
| OpenAlex | W4233920450 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
Innovation in the governance of external polities prompts a resonant internal rhetoric. This paper attempts to expand the concepts of citizenship and individuality by applying political language to the internal life of individuals. Repression has been a conditional means of civilizing the psyche, but in pluralistic democracies where diversity is valued, where assimilation is not a condition of citizenship and where aspirations are formed within consumerism, this tradition of self-definition may be insufficient. At a time when neither individualism nor collectivism seem able to nurture individuality, the idea of an internal polity can enrich self-awareness and strengthen a sense of agency in the world. (See Appendix for definitions of terms.)
Agency (philosophy · Citizenship · Epistemology · Individualism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Psyche · Social science · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Highly cited | No |
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