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The Post-Political and Its Discontents: Spaces of Depoliticisation, Spectres of Radical Politics

The Post-Political and Its Discontents: Spaces of Depoliticisation, Spectres of Radical Politics

Wilson, Japhy
Swyngedouw, Erik

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PhilosophyGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1474403069
ISBN13: 9781474403061
Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr
Published: Apr 29 2015
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Our age is celebrated as the triumph of liberal democracy. Yet it is also marked by a narrowing of party differences, a decline in voter participation, a rise in nationalist and religious fundamentalisms and an explosion of popular protests that challenge technocratic governance and the power of markets in the name of democracy itself. This book seeks to make sense of this situation by critically engaging with the influential theory of 'the post-political' developed by Chantal Mouffe, Jacques Rancière, Slavoj Zizek and others. Through a multi-dimensional and fiercely contested assessment of contemporary depoliticization, 'The Post-Political and Its Discontents' urges us to confront the closure of our political horizons, and to re-imagine the possibility of emancipatory change.

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