Democracy in What State?

Name: Democracy in What State?
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ISBN: 9780231152990

ISBN-10: 023115299X

ISBN-13: 9780231152990

Edition: 2012

Authors: Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, Daniel Bensaid, Wendy Brown, Jean-Luc Nancy

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"Is it meaningful to call oneself a democrat? And if so, how do you interpret the word?"In responding to this question, eight iconoclastic thinkers prove the rich potential of democracy, along with its critical weaknesses, and reconceive the practice to accommodate new political and cultural realities. Giorgio Agamben traces the tense history of constitutions and their coexistence with various governments. Alain Badiou contrasts current democratic practice with democratic communism. Daniel Bensaid ponders the institutionalization of democracy, while Wendy Brown discusses the democratization of society under neoliberalism. Jean-Luc Nancy measures the difference between democracy as a form of…

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List price: $14.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 7/6/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Alain Badiou teaches philosophy at the Ecole normale superieure and the College international de philosphie in Paris.



Foreword by the French Publisher


Translator's Note


Introductory Note on the Concept of Democracy



The Democratic Emblem



Permanent Scandal



"We Are All Democrats Nowï¿½"



Finite and Infinite Democracy



Democracies Against Democracy



Democracy for Sale



From Democracy to Divine Violence



Notes


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