Political grammars : the unconscious foundations of modern democracy /

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"Do we need to be a "people," populus, in order to embrace democracy and live together in peace? What exactly do we mean by nationality or nationhood? In this book, moral philosopher Davide Tarizzo takes up the problem of modern democratic "peoples," proposing that Jacques L...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tarizzo, Davide (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Series:Square one (Series)
Subjects:
Political science > Philosophy.
Democracy > Philosophy.
Fascism > Philosophy.
Subjectivity.
Fascisme > Philosophie.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Democracy > Philosophy
Fascism > Philosophy
Political science > Philosophy
Subjectivity
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the Cartesian connection
  • The clinical approach to political history
  • Emancipative grammars : Laclau, Heller, and the people we are
  • Human properties : Villey, Macpherson, and our right to be
  • Political subjects : Lacan and ordinary ontologies
  • The Freudian paradigm of critical theory
  • The two paths to Western democracy
  • From democracy to fascism
  • Old and new fascisms
  • Conclusion : the politics of infinite sets.

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