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Thinking Radical Democracy: The Return to Politics in Post-War France
Martin Breaugh
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Hardback. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 618.
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, Etienne Balibar, and Miguel Abensour. The essays in this collection connect these writers through their shared contribution to the idea that division and difference in politics can be perceived as productive, creative, and fundamentally democratic. The questions they raise regarding equality and emancipation in a democratic society will be of interest to those studying social and political thought or democratic ... Read more
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, Etienne Balibar, and Miguel Abensour. The essays in this collection connect these writers through their shared contribution to the idea that division and difference in politics can be perceived as productive, creative, and fundamentally democratic. The questions they raise regarding equality and emancipation in a democratic society will be of interest to those studying social and political thought or democratic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
618g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442650046
SKU
V9781442650046
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About Martin Breaugh
Martin Breaugh is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at York University. Christopher Holman is an assistant professor in the Public Policy and Global Affairs program at Nanyang Technological University. Rachel Magnusson is the director of the Vancouver office of MASS LBP and teaches at the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria. ... Read more
Reviews for Thinking Radical Democracy: The Return to Politics in Post-War France
'Thinking Radical Democracy is an important intervention in contemporary debates concerning political thought; it demonstrates both the historical roots of radical democratic theory and the respective merits of the work of Abensour, Balibar, and Ranci re.'
Devin Zane Shaw Symposium: Journal of the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy vol 19:01:2015 'Thinking Radical Democracy makes an important contribution to our ... Read more
Devin Zane Shaw Symposium: Journal of the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy vol 19:01:2015 'Thinking Radical Democracy makes an important contribution to our ... Read more