power Archives - Michael Ignatieff https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/tag/power/ Professor, writer, politician Thu, 11 Nov 2021 16:41:15 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/michaelignatieff.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-Michael-Ignatieff-website-icon-512x512px.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 power Archives - Michael Ignatieff https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/tag/power/ 32 32 217957751 Representation and Responsibility: Ethics and Public Office https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/2013/representation-and-responsibility-ethics-and-public-office/ Thu, 30 May 2013 09:00:00 +0000 https://wp19.infinhost.net/?p=1487 Representation is the contested relationship at the heart of our democracy. It is contested because the theory and practice of democratic representation have never been in close alignment. In theory, representatives should be either the trustees or the delegates of the citizens who elect them. In practice citizens do not usually share collective interests.

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]]> 1487 Arendt’s Example https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/2003/arendts-example/ Fri, 28 Nov 2003 09:00:00 +0000 https://wp19.infinhost.net/?p=1388 When Hannah Arendt received a prize in Denmark at the end of her life, she said she accepted it with “the fundamental gratitude which leaves us helpless whenever the world offers us a true gift.” She thought of honor as form of luck, rather than anything with a connection to justice or desert. So I thank you for my good luck, and for your generosity, kindness and faith in my work.

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