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Towards a Post-Modern Understanding of the Political: From Genealogy to Hermeneutics
Andrius Bielskis
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
While claiming that liberalism is the dominant political theory and practice of modernity, this book provides two alternative post-modern theoretical approaches to the political. Concentrating on Nietzsche's and Foucault's work it offers a novel interpretation of their genealogical projects. It argues that genealogy can be applied to analyze different forms of cultural kitsch vis-à-vis the dominant political institutions of consumer capitalism. The problem with consumer capitalism is not so much that it exploits individuals, but that it fosters cheap human existence saturated with the artefacts of kitsch. Contrasting genealogy with hermeneutic philosophy, it calls for a renewal of hermeneutics within ... Read more
While claiming that liberalism is the dominant political theory and practice of modernity, this book provides two alternative post-modern theoretical approaches to the political. Concentrating on Nietzsche's and Foucault's work it offers a novel interpretation of their genealogical projects. It argues that genealogy can be applied to analyze different forms of cultural kitsch vis-à-vis the dominant political institutions of consumer capitalism. The problem with consumer capitalism is not so much that it exploits individuals, but that it fosters cheap human existence saturated with the artefacts of kitsch. Contrasting genealogy with hermeneutic philosophy, it calls for a renewal of hermeneutics within ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403995995
SKU
V9781403995995
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About Andrius Bielskis
ANDRIUS BIELSKIS studied Politics and Philosophy in Lithuania, University of Klaipeda, before moving to Britain in 1999. Since completing postgraduate research at the University of York (MA) and the University of Warwick, he lectures in moral and political philosophy at the University of Warwick and London Metropolitan University.
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