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DEMOCRACY IN WHAT STATE?
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| By: |
Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, Daniel Bensaid |
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Electronic book text |
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
023152708X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780231527088 |
| Publisher: |
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
22 January, 2011 |
| Series: |
New Directions in Critical Theory |
| Synopsis: |
"Is it meaningful, as far as you are concerned, to call oneself a democrat? And if so, how do you interpret the word?" In responding to this question, eight iconoclastic thinkers prove the rich potential of democracy and its critical weaknesses. They also reconceive the practice to accommodate new political and cultural realities. Giorgio Agamben traces the tense history of constitutions and their coexistence with various governments. Alain Badiou contrasts current democratic practice with democratic communism. Daniel Bensaid ponders the institutionalization of democracy, while Wendy Brown discusses the democratization of society under neoliberalism. Jean-Luc Nancy measures the difference between democracy as a form of rule and as a human end, while Jacques Ranciere highlights its egalitarian nature. Kristin Ross identifies hierarchical relationships within democratic practice, and Slavoj ?i?ek complicates the distinction between those who desire to own the state and those who hope to do without it. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Columbia University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |