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Post-foundational Political Thought: Political Difference in Nancy, Lefort, Badiou and Laclau
Oliver Marchart
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Description for Post-foundational Political Thought: Political Difference in Nancy, Lefort, Badiou and Laclau
Paperback. This is a wide-ranging overview of the emergence of post-foundationalism and a survey of the work of its key contemporary exponents. Series: Taking on the Political. Num Pages: 208 pages, None. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
A wide-ranging overview of the emergence of post-foundationalism and a survey of the work of its key contemporary exponents. This book presents the first systematic coverage of the conceptual difference between 'politics' (the practice of conventional politics: the political system or political forms of action) and 'the political' (a much more radical aspect which cannot be restricted to the realms of institutional politics). It is also the first introductory overview of post-foundationalism and the tradition of 'left Heideggerianism': the political thought of contemporary theorists who make frequent use of the idea of political difference: Jean-Luc Nancy, Claude Lefort, Alain ... Read more
A wide-ranging overview of the emergence of post-foundationalism and a survey of the work of its key contemporary exponents. This book presents the first systematic coverage of the conceptual difference between 'politics' (the practice of conventional politics: the political system or political forms of action) and 'the political' (a much more radical aspect which cannot be restricted to the realms of institutional politics). It is also the first introductory overview of post-foundationalism and the tradition of 'left Heideggerianism': the political thought of contemporary theorists who make frequent use of the idea of political difference: Jean-Luc Nancy, Claude Lefort, Alain ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Taking on the Political
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748624980
SKU
V9780748624980
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About Oliver Marchart
Oliver Marchart is a professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Lucerne, Switzerland. He is co-editor (with Simon Critchley) of Laclau: A Critical Reader (2004) and is author of six books written in German including Beginning Anew: Hannah Arendt, Revolution and Globalisation (2005), and Techno-Colonialism: Theory and Imaginary Cartography of Culture and the Media (2004).
Reviews for Post-foundational Political Thought: Political Difference in Nancy, Lefort, Badiou and Laclau
There is a real need for a book like this. Marchart is a patient author. He explains things slowly and clearly to his reader. And what he explains is surely of interest to those of us who work in the interstices of political theory and Continental (especially post-Heideggerian) philosophy.
Professor Linda Zerilli, Northwestern University This book will make a ... Read more
Professor Linda Zerilli, Northwestern University This book will make a ... Read more