Bülent Diken

The New Despotism

The Revival of an Old Monster

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With in-depth empirical analysis of a range of case studies, this book offers a comprehensive genealogy of the concepts of economy, despotism and voluntary servitude and provides a thorough and coherent reflection on the wider socio-political agenda of contemporary societies.

Produktdetails

• Futures of the Archive
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 391g
• ISBN-13: 9781786603883
• ISBN-10: 1786603888
• Artikelnr.: 60013866

Autorenporträt

Bülent Diken is Reader in Social and Cultural Theory at Lancaster University. His previous publicaions include Strangers, Ambivalence and Social Theory (1998), The Culture of Exception: Sociology Facing the Camp (co-authored with CB Laustsen, 2005), Sociology Through the Projector (co-authored with CB Laustsen, 2007), Nihilism (2009), Revolt, Revolution, Critique: The Paradox of Society (2012) and God, Politics, Economy: Paradoxes of Religion (2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction CHASING THE SKIN
Chapter 1 THE ANCIENT: DESPOTISM OF THE OIKOS
Excursus I Anabasis: The Best Way of Being a Locust
Chapter 2 THE EARLY MODERN: DESPOTISM OF THE POLIS
Chapter 3 THE UNTIMELY: ANTI-DESPOTISM OF FREE USE
Excursus II Don Quixote: A Useless Book for Idle Readers
Chapter 4 THE LATE MODERN: NEO-DESPOTISM OF THE EXCEPTION
Excursus III The Circle: Despotism as Anti-Despotism
Conclusion NEO-DESPOTISM, USE AND DISSENT