James R. Martel

Anarchist Prophets

Disappointing Vision and the Power of Collective Sight

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Produktbeschreibung

James R. Martel juxtaposes anarchism with what he calls archismâ a centralized and hierarchical political form based in ancient Greek and Hebrew prophetic traditionsâ in order to theorize the potential for a radical democratic politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 151mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9781478018414
• ISBN-10: 1478018410
• Artikelnr.: 62475625

Autorenporträt

James R. Martel is Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University and the author of The Misinterpellated Subject, also published by Duke University Press, and most recently, Unburied Bodies: Subversive Corpses and the Authority of the Dead.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  vii
Introduction: Disappointing Vision  1
Part I
1. Appointing Prophets  29
2. Hobbes and the Holy Spirit  58
3. A Most Disappointing Prophet: Nietzsche's Zarathustra  95
4. A Prophet Who Can't See the Future: Benjamin's Angel of History  125
Part II
5. Navigating (and Fighting) Archism  167
6. Can Archism Ever Die?  212
Conclusion: Beyond Anarchist Prophets  257
Notes  299
Bibliography  329
Index  339