Politics on the Edges of Liberalism: Difference, Populism, Revolution, Agitation - Couverture souple

Arditi, Benjamin

 
9780748636372: Politics on the Edges of Liberalism: Difference, Populism, Revolution, Agitation
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0748636374 ISBN 13 : 9780748636372
Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2008

Synopsis

New in PaperbackThis innovative exploration of ways of thinking about and doing politics presents a challenge to liberal assumptions. The author tackles four key areas in contemporary politics which work at 'the edges of liberalism': difference, populism, revolution and agitation. Each of these phenomena is selected on the basis that they push the envelope of liberalism or seek to go against and beyond it.Each chapter takes on one of these ideas, discussing the intellectual background and considering its position in relation to liberalism. Difference is explored in the context of the politics of the culture wars and its celebration of particularism over universalism. Populism is seen as a spectre of liberal democracy, able to both accompany it and haunt it. Agitation is considered in tandem with emancipatory politics and in relation to revolutionary politics. The final chapter aims to vindicate the use of revolution for contemporary thought, challenging the existing liberal-democratic consensus. The argument is interspersed with many examples drawn from history and contemporary politics to illustrate the author's claims. Arditi's engagement with the main thinkers in the field leads him to develop a novel interpretation of contemporary politics.

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À propos de l'auteur

Benjamin Arditi is a Professor of Political Theory at the National University of Mexico. He is the author of Polemicization (EUP, 1999) and editor of Fidelity to the Disagreement: Jacques Ranciere and Politics (2006). He is co-editor (with Jeremy Valentine) of Edinburgh University Press's 'Taking on the Political' series.

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Éditeur
Edinburgh University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0748636374
ISBN 13 
9780748636372
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
176
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0748625119 ISBN 13 :  9780748625116
Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2007
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