Contemporary Political Movements and the Thought of Jacques Rancière: Equality in Action - Softcover

May, Todd

 
9780748639830: Contemporary Political Movements and the Thought of Jacques Rancière: Equality in Action
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0748639837 ISBN 13: 9780748639830
Verlag: Edinburgh University Press, 2010

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In this book, Todd May shows how democratic progressive politics can happen and how it is happening in very different arenas. He takes an intensive look at a range of contemporary political movements and shows how, to one degree or another, they exemplify the political thought of Jacques Rancière. May's easy, clear writing style means that no philosophical background is required.Following an essential overview of Rancière's thought he considers the following groups: the Algerian refugee movement in Montreal for citizenship, the first Palestinian intifada, the politics of equality and identity politics in relation to the Zapatista movement, a local food co-op in South Carolina and an anarchist press in Oakland.Essentially this book shows how political theory and practice can enlighten one another and in an age of cynicism, fear and despair, Todd May suggests there is hope for the possibility of progressive democratic action. It will appeal to Rancière students, scholars and political activists alike.

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Todd May is Class of 1941 Memorial Professor of the Humanities at Clemson University. Among his most recent publications are Gilles Deleuze: An Introduction (2005) and The Philosophy of Foucault (2006). He has also been active in various political movements of equality, including anti-racism work and the struggle for Palestinian rights.

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This is a timely, accessible and inspiring study of democracy in action. Asa critic and as an activist Todd May has always insisted on the unity oftheory and practice, but with this pathbreaking new book he has taken acrucial and unprecedented step both in the interpretation of Rancière'sphilosophy and in the analysis of contemporary egalitarian projects.Peter Hallward, Professor of Modern European Philosophy, Middlesex UniversityIn this book, Todd May shows how democratic progressive politics can happen and how it is happening in very different arenas. He takes an intensive look at a range of contemporary political movements and shows how, to one degree or another, they exemplify the political thought of Jacques Rancière.Following an essential overview of Rancière's thought he considers the following groups: the Algerian refugee movement in Montreal for citizenship, the first Palestinian intifada, the politics of equality and identity politics in relation to the Zapatista movement, a local food co-op in South Carolina and an anarchist press in Oakland.This book shows how political theory and practice can enlighten one another. In an age of cynicism, fear and despair Todd May suggests there is hope for the possibility of progressive democratic action. It will appeal to Rancière students, scholars and political activists alike.Todd May is Class of 1941 Professor of the Humanities at Clemson University. His most recent publication is The Political Thought of Jacques Rancière: Creating Equality (2008).

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This is a timely, accessible and inspiring study of democracy in action. Asa critic and as an activist Todd May has always insisted on the unity oftheory and practice, but with this pathbreaking new book he has taken acrucial and unprecedented step both in the interpretation of Rancière'sphilosophy and in the analysis of contemporary egalitarian projects.Peter Hallward, Professor of Modern European Philosophy, Middlesex UniversityIn this book, Todd May shows how democratic progressive politics can happen and how it is happening in very different arenas. He takes an intensive look at a range of contemporary political movements and shows how, to one degree or another, they exemplify the political thought of Jacques Rancière.Following an essential overview of Rancière's thought he considers the following groups: the Algerian refugee movement in Montreal for citizenship, the first Palestinian intifada, the politics of equality and identity politics in relation to the Zapatista movement, a local food co-op in South Carolina and an anarchist press in Oakland.This book shows how political theory and practice can enlighten one another. In an age of cynicism, fear and despair Todd May suggests there is hope for the possibility of progressive democratic action. It will appeal to Rancière students, scholars and political activists alike.Todd May is Class of 1941 Professor of the Humanities at Clemson University. His most recent publication is The Political Thought of Jacques Rancière: Creating Equality (2008).

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Verlag
Edinburgh University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0748639837
ISBN 13 
9780748639830
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
168
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