Michael Clifford

Empowerment

The Theory and Practice of Political Genealogy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Michael Clifford lays the groundwork for the formalization of political genealogy as a recognized methodology of theoretical inquiry. Appealing to scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities, this book looks to our future by focusing on the history of our present and on what being a political subject will be like in a post-representational world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9780739150757
• ISBN-10: 0739150758
• Artikelnr.: 39359402

Autorenporträt

Michael Clifford is professor of philosophy in the Institute for the Humanities and the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Mississippi State University. He is the author of Political Genealogy After Foucault: Savage Identities.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Political Genealogy: Towards a Critical
Methodology The Three Axes of Political Genealogy Truth, Power, Self: A
Genealogical Consolidation Chapter 3: Rethinking the Central Concepts of
Political Theory Sovereignty: The Ghosts of Power (Un)Natural Sovereignty
Chapter 4: Citizenry in Peril: The Futility of Trust in the Modern State In
Sod We Trust The Whiggish Marriage of Freedom and Commerce Malcolm X and
the Politics of Declaration Declaring the Contract Void: Democratic
Impotency and Post-Representational Politics Chapter 5: Political Genealogy
in Praxis The Dark Continent: On Genealogy and Geography The Self as a
Practice Being There: On Violence, Empathy, and Identity Chapter 6:
Empowerment: Theoretical and Political Possibilities The Libertarian
Fallacy From Scroll to Screen: On the Sur(faces ) of Political Identity
Beyond Diversity: Managing the Identity Crises of the 21st C Conclusion