Jolan Bogdan

Performative Contradiction and the Romanian Revolution

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the Romanian Revolution in relation to the ongoing questions around its authenticity. It offers a critical theoretical re-examination of the revolution using the concept of performative contradiction as an analytic tool.

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Produktdetails

• Critical Perspectives on Theory, Culture and Politics
• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9781783488728
• ISBN-10: 1783488727
• Artikelnr.: 45338942

Autorenporträt

Jolan Bogdan is a founding member of INC Continental Philosophy Research Group, Goldsmiths, University of London. She is currently editing an anthology on nationalism and maternal ambiguity as a theme in the works of Jacques Derrida. She has taught Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, and at the University of Birmingham. She has published articles in Word and Text, Parallax and The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - On the fractured narrative of the Romanian revolution
1. Performative contradiction: structuralist and poststructuralist perspectives
2. The performance of authenticity: philosophers question the revolution
3. The problem with the "event": Badiou's split loyalties
4. Nostalgia for the old regime: a Freudian interpretation
5. Pro-natal legislation and the systematic destruction of intimacy
6. The interruption of mourning: on forbidden burials
7. On violence: can the revolution be saved?
Conclusion : Other examples
Bibliography
Index