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The Plebeian Experience: A Discontinuous History of Political Freedom
Martin Breaugh
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Description for The Plebeian Experience: A Discontinuous History of Political Freedom
Hardback. Translator(s): Lederhendler, Lazer. Series: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
How do people excluded from political life achieve political agency? Through a series of historical events that have been mostly overlooked by political theorists, Martin Breaugh identifies fleeting yet decisive instances of emancipation in which people took it upon themselves to become political subjects. Emerging during the Roman plebs's first secession in 494 BCE, the plebeian experience consists of an underground or unexplored configuration of political strategies to obtain political freedom. The people reject domination through political praxis and concerted action, therefore establishing an alternative form of power. Breaugh's study concludes in the nineteenth century and integrates ideas from sociology, ... Read more
How do people excluded from political life achieve political agency? Through a series of historical events that have been mostly overlooked by political theorists, Martin Breaugh identifies fleeting yet decisive instances of emancipation in which people took it upon themselves to become political subjects. Emerging during the Roman plebs's first secession in 494 BCE, the plebeian experience consists of an underground or unexplored configuration of political strategies to obtain political freedom. The people reject domination through political praxis and concerted action, therefore establishing an alternative form of power. Breaugh's study concludes in the nineteenth century and integrates ideas from sociology, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Series
Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231156189
SKU
V9780231156189
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About Martin Breaugh
Martin Breaugh was educated at the University of Paris VII-Denis-Diderot and is associate professor of political theory at York University (Toronto). His research focuses on the theory and practice of emancipatory politics and radical democracy. Lazer Lederhendler is a full-time freelance literary translator. His translations of contemporary Quebecois fiction have earned various distinctions in Canada and abroad. He lives ... Read more
Reviews for The Plebeian Experience: A Discontinuous History of Political Freedom
The Plebeian Experience is a rich, discontinuous history of plebeian uprisings from the founding of republican Rome to the present. Martin Breaugh writes vividly of these holidays of the oppressed in ancient Rome, Renaissance Italy, and modern Europe as seen through the eyes of Livy, Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Marx, Thompson, Soboul, and Abensour. Those who follow the Occupy or the Aboriginal ... Read more