Radical Democracy: Politics Between Abundance and Lack

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Radical Democracy: Politics Between Abundance and Lack
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Lars Toender
Edited by Lasse Thomassen
SeriesReappraising the Political
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:280
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9780719070457
ClassificationsDewey:321.8
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 30 April 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Available at last in paperback, Radical democracy brings together original contributions from established and emerging scholars. The contributors discuss the theoretical and practical implications of the two dominant approaches to radical democracy: theories of abundance inspired by Gilles Deleuze and theories of lack inspired by Jacques Lacan. They examine the idea of radical democracy from a wide variety of perspectives: identity/difference, the public sphere, social movements, nature, popular culture, right wing populism and political economy. In addition, the volume relates the work of contemporary thinkers such as Deleuze, Lacan, Derrida and Foucault to classical thinkers such as Spinoza, Hegel, Marx and Nietzsche. William Connolly and Ernesto Laclau conclude the volume with two afterwords on the future of radical democracy. With its original contributions, Radical democracy is essential reading for advanced students and scholars who have an interest in the political and theoretical problems of radical democracy. -- .

Author Biography

Lars Tonder is Assistant Professor of Political Theory at Northwestern University Lasse Thomassen is Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics & International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London -- .