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Author : Judith Butler
Release : 2000
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 782/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Contingency, Hegemony, Universality by : Judith Butler
Download or read book Contingency, Hegemony, Universality written by Judith Butler. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a compelling and unusual experiment, three eminent theorists engage in a dialogue on central questions of contemporary philosophy and politics.
Author : Judith Butler
Release : 2011-01-10
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 684/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Contingency, Hegemony, Universality by : Judith Butler
Download or read book Contingency, Hegemony, Universality written by Judith Butler. This book was released on 2011-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the contemporary legacy of Gramsci’s notion of Hegemony? How can universality be reformulated now that its spurious versions have been so thoroughly criticized? In this ground-breaking project, Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau and Slavoj Žižek engage in a dialogue on central questions of contemporary philosophy and politics. Their essays, organized as separate contributions that respond to one another, range over the Hegelian legacy in contemporary critical theory, the theoretical dilemmas of multiculturalism, the universalism-versus-particularism debate, the strategies of the Left in a globalized economy, and the relative merits of post-structuralism and Lacanian psychoanalysis for a critical social theory. While the rigor and intelligence with which these writers approach their work is formidable, Contingency, Hegemony, Universality benefits additionally from their clear sense of energy and enjoyment in a revealing and often unpredictable exchange.
Author : Ernesto Laclau
Release : 2018-09-25
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 336/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis On Populist Reason by : Ernesto Laclau
Download or read book On Populist Reason written by Ernesto Laclau. This book was released on 2018-09-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A philosophical and political exploration of the construction of popular identities In this highly original and influential work, Ernesto Laclau focuses on the construction of popular identities and how “the people” emerge as a collective actor. Skilfully combining theoretical analysis with a myriad of empirical references from numerous historical and geographical contexts, he offers a critical reading of the existing literature on populism, demonstrating its dependency on the theorists of “mass psychology,” such as Taine and Freud. On Populist Reason is essential reading for all those interested in the question of political identities in the present day.
Author : Ernesto Laclau
Release : 2014-01-07
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 546/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hegemony And Socialist Strategy by : Ernesto Laclau
Download or read book Hegemony And Socialist Strategy written by Ernesto Laclau. This book was released on 2014-01-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this hugely influential book, Laclau and Mouffe examine the workings of hegemony and contemporary social struggles, and their significance for democratic theory. With the emergence of new social and political identities, and the frequent attacks on Left theory for its essentialist underpinnings, Hegemony and Socialist Strategy remains as relevant as ever, positing a much-needed antidote against ‘Third Way’ attempts to overcome the antagonism between Left and Right.
Author : Judith Butler
Release : 2016-02-23
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 491/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Frames of War by : Judith Butler
Download or read book Frames of War written by Judith Butler. This book was released on 2016-02-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Frames of War, Judith Butler explores the media’s portrayal of state violence, a process integral to the way in which the West wages modern war. This portrayal has saturated our understanding of human life, and has led to the exploitation and abandonment of whole peoples, who are cast as existential threats rather than as living populations in need of protection. These people are framed as already lost, to imprisonment, unemployment and starvation, and can easily be dismissed. In the twisted logic that rationalizes their deaths, the loss of such populations is deemed necessary to protect the lives of ‘the living.’ This disparity, Butler argues, has profound implications for why and when we feel horror, outrage, guilt, loss and righteous indifference, both in the context of war and, increasingly, everyday life. This book discerns the resistance to the frames of war in the context of the images from Abu Ghraib, the poetry from Guantanamo, recent European policy on immigration and Islam, and debates on normativity and non-violence. In this urgent response to ever more dominant methods of coercion, violence and racism, Butler calls for a re-conceptualization of the Left, one that brokers cultural difference and cultivates resistance to the illegitimate and arbitrary effects of state violence and its vicissitudes.
