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The Misinterpellated Subject
James R. Martel
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Description for The Misinterpellated Subject
Paperback. James R. Martel complicates Louis Althusser's theory of interpellation, using historical and literary analyses ranging from the Haitian Revolution to Ta-Nehisi Coates to examine the political and revolutionary potential inherent in the instances when people heed the state's call that was not meant for them. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHMC; JPA; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Although Haitian revolutionaries were not the intended audience for the Declaration of the Rights of Man, they heeded its call, demanding rights that were not meant for them. This failure of the French state to address only its desired subjects is an example of the phenomenon James R. Martel labels misinterpellation. Complicating Althusser's famous theory, Martel explores the ways that such failures hold the potential for radical and anarchist action. In addition to the Haitian Revolution, Martel shows how the revolutionary responses by activists and anticolonial leaders to Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points speech and the Arab Spring sprang ... Read more
Although Haitian revolutionaries were not the intended audience for the Declaration of the Rights of Man, they heeded its call, demanding rights that were not meant for them. This failure of the French state to address only its desired subjects is an example of the phenomenon James R. Martel labels misinterpellation. Complicating Althusser's famous theory, Martel explores the ways that such failures hold the potential for radical and anarchist action. In addition to the Haitian Revolution, Martel shows how the revolutionary responses by activists and anticolonial leaders to Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points speech and the Arab Spring sprang ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
511 g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822362968
SKU
V9780822362968
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About James R. Martel
James R. Martel is Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University and the author of several books, most recently, The One and Only Law: Walter Benjamin and the Second Commandment.
Reviews for The Misinterpellated Subject
A work of great interest. . . . Althusser taught us to judge books by their theoretical and practical effects. The effect of James Martel's The Misinterpellated Subject is to show that confronting the problem of subjection, and Althusser's reflections on it, remains an unavoidable, even urgent, task.
Warren Montag
Postmodern Culture
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