Thinking Radical Democracy : The Return to Politics in Post-War France /

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Thinking Radical Democracy is an introduction to nine key political thinkers who contributed to the emergence of radical democratic thought in post-war French political theory: Hannah Arendt, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Pierre Clastres, Claude Lefort, Cornelius Castoriadis, Guy Debord, Jacques Ranciere,...

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Main Authors: Penner, Devin, 1980- (Author, Editor), Mazzocchi, Paul, 1979- (Author, Editor), Magnusson, Rachel, 1980- (Author, Editor), Holman, Christopher (Author, Editor), Breaugh, Martin (Author, Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Political science > Philosophy.
Politics and government.
Democracy > Philosophy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Democracy > France > Philosophy > History > 20th century.
Political science > France > Philosophy > History > 20th century.
France.
France > Politique et gouvernement > Philosophie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
France > Politics and government > Philosophy > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: radical democracy and twentieth-century French thought / Christopher Holman, Martin Breaugh, Rachel Magnusson, Paul Mazzocchi, and Devin Penner
  • Hannah Arendt: plurality, publicity, performativity / Christopher Holman
  • Politics à l'ecart: Merleau-Ponty and the flesh of the social / Paul Mazzocchi
  • The counter-Hobbes of Pierre Clastres / Miguel Abensour
  • Claude Lefort: democracy as the empty place of power / Carol Invernizzi Accetti
  • Cornelius Castoriadis: auto-institution and radical democracy / Brian C.J. Singer
  • GUy Debord and the politics of play / Devin Penner
  • A politics in writing: Jacques Ranciere and the equality of intelligences / Rachel Magnusson
  • Democracy and its conditions: Étienne Balibar and the contribution of Marxism to radical democracy / James D. Ingram
  • From a critique of totalitarian domination to the utopia of insurgent democracy: on the "political philosophy" of Miguel Abensour / Martin Breaugh.

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