A Living Critique of Domination: Exemplars of Radical Democracy from Black Lives Matter to #MeToo, 2022
Building on recent developments in radical democratic theory, in this article we articulate and e... more Building on recent developments in radical democratic theory, in this article we articulate and explore a fresh perspective for theorists and activists of radical democracy: a 'living critique of domination'. Characterized by a twofold analytical effort, a 'living critique of domination' calls for a radical critique of contemporary forms of power and control coupled with a reappraisal of emancipatory political experiences created by the political action of the Many. We demonstrate that this project responds to the theoretical and practical challenges faced by a politics of emancipation today. Our article offers a first articulation of this living critique through a discussion of three recent political experiences, namely, the 2016 French uprising, Nuit Debout, as well as the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements.
A Living Critique of Domination: Exemplars of Radical Democracy from Black Lives Matter to #MeToo, 2022
Building on recent developments in radical democratic theory, in this article we articulate and e... more Building on recent developments in radical democratic theory, in this article we articulate and explore a fresh perspective for theorists and activists of radical democracy: a 'living critique of domination'. Characterized by a twofold analytical effort, a 'living critique of domination' calls for a radical critique of contemporary forms of power and control coupled with a reappraisal of emancipatory political experiences created by the political action of the Many. We demonstrate that this project responds to the theoretical and practical challenges faced by a politics of emancipation today. Our article offers a first articulation of this living critique through a discussion of three recent political experiences, namely, the 2016 French uprising, Nuit Debout, as well as the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements.
Thinking Radical Democracy is an introduction to nine key political thinkers who contributed to t... more Thinking Radical Democracy is an introduction to nine key political thinkers who contributed to the emergence of radical democratic thought in post-war French political theory: Hannah Arendt, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Pierre Clastres, Claude Lefort, Cornelius Castoriadis, Guy Debord, Jacques Rancière, Étienne Balibar, and Miguel Abensour.
The essays in this collection connect these writers through their shared contribution to the idea that division and difference in politics can be perceived as productive, creative, and fundamentally democratic. The questions they raise regarding equality and emancipation in a democratic society will be of interest to those studying social and political thought or democratic activist movements like the Occupy movements and Idle No More.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Radical Democracy and 20th Century French Thought
Chapter 1: Hannah Arendt: Plurality, Publicity, Performativity (by Christopher Holman)
Chapter 2: Politics A L'Ecart: Merleau-Ponty and the Flesh of the Social (by Paul Mazzocchi)
Chapter 3: The Counter-Hobbes of Pierre Clastres (by Miguel Abensour)
Chapter 4: Claude Lefort: Democracy as the Empty Place of Power (by Carlo Invernizzi Accetti)
Chapter 5: Cornelius Castoriadis. Auto-Institution and Radical Democracy (by Brian C. J. Singer)
Chapter 6: Guy Debord and the Politics of Play (by Devin Penner)
Chapter 7: A Politics in Writing: Jacques Rancière and the Equality of Intelligences (by Rachel Magnusson)
Chapter 8: Democracy and Its Conditions: Étienne Balibar and the Contribution of Marxism to Radical Democracy (by James D. Ingram)
Chapter 9: From a Critique of Totalitarian Domination to the Utopia of Insurgent Democracy: On the “Political Philosophy” of Miguel Abensour (by Martin Breaugh)
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The essays in this collection connect these writers through their shared contribution to the idea that division and difference in politics can be perceived as productive, creative, and fundamentally democratic. The questions they raise regarding equality and emancipation in a democratic society will be of interest to those studying social and political thought or democratic activist movements like the Occupy movements and Idle No More.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Radical Democracy and 20th Century French Thought
Chapter 1: Hannah Arendt: Plurality, Publicity, Performativity (by Christopher Holman)
Chapter 2: Politics A L'Ecart: Merleau-Ponty and the Flesh of the Social (by Paul Mazzocchi)
Chapter 3: The Counter-Hobbes of Pierre Clastres (by Miguel Abensour)
Chapter 4: Claude Lefort: Democracy as the Empty Place of Power (by Carlo Invernizzi Accetti)
Chapter 5: Cornelius Castoriadis. Auto-Institution and Radical Democracy (by Brian C. J. Singer)
Chapter 6: Guy Debord and the Politics of Play (by Devin Penner)
Chapter 7: A Politics in Writing: Jacques Rancière and the Equality of Intelligences (by Rachel Magnusson)
Chapter 8: Democracy and Its Conditions: Étienne Balibar and the Contribution of Marxism to Radical Democracy (by James D. Ingram)
Chapter 9: From a Critique of Totalitarian Domination to the Utopia of Insurgent Democracy: On the “Political Philosophy” of Miguel Abensour (by Martin Breaugh)
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