Adventures of the Symbolic: Post-marxism and Radical Democracy
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| contents | Marxism's collapse in the twentieth century profoundly altered the style and substance of Western European radical thought. To build a more robust form of democratic theory and action, prominent theorists moved to reject revolution, abandon class for more fragmented models of social action, and elevate the political over the social. Acknowledging the constructedness of society and politics, they chose the "symbolic" as a concept powerful enough to reinvent leftist thought outside a Marxist framework. Following Maurice Merleau-Ponty's Adventures of the Dialectic, which reassessed philosophical Marxism at mid century, Warren Breckman critically revisits these thrilling experiments in the aftermath of Marxism.The post-Marxist idea of the symbolic is dynamic and complex, uncannily echoing the early German Romantics, who first advanced a modern conception of symbolism and the symbolic. Hegel and Marx denounced the Romantics for their otherworldly and nebulous posture, yet post-Marxist thinkers appreciated the rich potential of the ambiguities and paradoxes the Romantics first recognized. Mapping different ideas of the symbolic among contemporary thinkers, Breckman traces a fascinating reflection of Romantic themes and resonances, and he explores in depth the effort to reconcile a radical and democratic political agenda with a politics that does not privilege materialist understandings of the social. Engaging with the work of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Cornelius Castoriadis, Claude Lefort, Marcel Gauchet, Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, and Slavoj Žižek, Breckman uniquely situates these important theorists within two hundred years of European thought and extends their profound relevance to today's political activism |
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| spelling | Breckman, Warren aut Adventures of the Symbolic Post-marxism and Radical Democracy Warren Breckman New York, NY Columbia University Press [2013] © 2013 1 online resource (376 pages) illustrations txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher’s Web site, viewed September 10 2015) Marxism's collapse in the twentieth century profoundly altered the style and substance of Western European radical thought. To build a more robust form of democratic theory and action, prominent theorists moved to reject revolution, abandon class for more fragmented models of social action, and elevate the political over the social. Acknowledging the constructedness of society and politics, they chose the "symbolic" as a concept powerful enough to reinvent leftist thought outside a Marxist framework. Following Maurice Merleau-Ponty's Adventures of the Dialectic, which reassessed philosophical Marxism at mid century, Warren Breckman critically revisits these thrilling experiments in the aftermath of Marxism.The post-Marxist idea of the symbolic is dynamic and complex, uncannily echoing the early German Romantics, who first advanced a modern conception of symbolism and the symbolic. Hegel and Marx denounced the Romantics for their otherworldly and nebulous posture, yet post-Marxist thinkers appreciated the rich potential of the ambiguities and paradoxes the Romantics first recognized. Mapping different ideas of the symbolic among contemporary thinkers, Breckman traces a fascinating reflection of Romantic themes and resonances, and he explores in depth the effort to reconcile a radical and democratic political agenda with a politics that does not privilege materialist understandings of the social. Engaging with the work of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Cornelius Castoriadis, Claude Lefort, Marcel Gauchet, Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, and Slavoj Žižek, Breckman uniquely situates these important theorists within two hundred years of European thought and extends their profound relevance to today's political activism In English Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Democracy Philosophy, Marxist Politik Radicalism HISTORY / Europe / France bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy bisacsh Philosophie Politische Wissenschaft Radikalismus Sozialwissenschaften Political science Philosophy Social sciences Philosophy Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2 gnd rswk-swf Radikalismus (DE-588)4048171-2 gnd rswk-swf Politische Wissenschaft (DE-588)4076229-4 gnd rswk-swf Marxismus (DE-588)4037764-7 gnd rswk-swf Sozialphilosophie (DE-588)4055876-9 gnd rswk-swf Europa Frankreich Marxismus (DE-588)4037764-7 s Radikalismus (DE-588)4048171-2 s Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2 s Politische Wissenschaft (DE-588)4076229-4 s Sozialphilosophie (DE-588)4055876-9 s Geschichte z 1\p DE-604 http://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7312/brec14394 Verlag Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
| spellingShingle | Breckman, Warren Adventures of the Symbolic Post-marxism and Radical Democracy Marxism's collapse in the twentieth century profoundly altered the style and substance of Western European radical thought. To build a more robust form of democratic theory and action, prominent theorists moved to reject revolution, abandon class for more fragmented models of social action, and elevate the political over the social. Acknowledging the constructedness of society and politics, they chose the "symbolic" as a concept powerful enough to reinvent leftist thought outside a Marxist framework. Following Maurice Merleau-Ponty's Adventures of the Dialectic, which reassessed philosophical Marxism at mid century, Warren Breckman critically revisits these thrilling experiments in the aftermath of Marxism.The post-Marxist idea of the symbolic is dynamic and complex, uncannily echoing the early German Romantics, who first advanced a modern conception of symbolism and the symbolic. Hegel and Marx denounced the Romantics for their otherworldly and nebulous posture, yet post-Marxist thinkers appreciated the rich potential of the ambiguities and paradoxes the Romantics first recognized. Mapping different ideas of the symbolic among contemporary thinkers, Breckman traces a fascinating reflection of Romantic themes and resonances, and he explores in depth the effort to reconcile a radical and democratic political agenda with a politics that does not privilege materialist understandings of the social. Engaging with the work of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Cornelius Castoriadis, Claude Lefort, Marcel Gauchet, Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, and Slavoj Žižek, Breckman uniquely situates these important theorists within two hundred years of European thought and extends their profound relevance to today's political activism Democracy Philosophy, Marxist Politik Radicalism HISTORY / Europe / France bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy bisacsh Philosophie Politische Wissenschaft Radikalismus Sozialwissenschaften Political science Philosophy Social sciences Philosophy Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2 gnd Radikalismus (DE-588)4048171-2 gnd Politische Wissenschaft (DE-588)4076229-4 gnd Marxismus (DE-588)4037764-7 gnd Sozialphilosophie (DE-588)4055876-9 gnd |
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| title | Adventures of the Symbolic Post-marxism and Radical Democracy |
| title_auth | Adventures of the Symbolic Post-marxism and Radical Democracy |
| title_exact_search | Adventures of the Symbolic Post-marxism and Radical Democracy |
| title_full | Adventures of the Symbolic Post-marxism and Radical Democracy Warren Breckman |
| title_fullStr | Adventures of the Symbolic Post-marxism and Radical Democracy Warren Breckman |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adventures of the Symbolic Post-marxism and Radical Democracy Warren Breckman |
| title_short | Adventures of the Symbolic |
| title_sort | adventures of the symbolic post marxism and radical democracy |
| title_sub | Post-marxism and Radical Democracy |
| topic | Democracy Philosophy, Marxist Politik Radicalism HISTORY / Europe / France bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy bisacsh Philosophie Politische Wissenschaft Radikalismus Sozialwissenschaften Political science Philosophy Social sciences Philosophy Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2 gnd Radikalismus (DE-588)4048171-2 gnd Politische Wissenschaft (DE-588)4076229-4 gnd Marxismus (DE-588)4037764-7 gnd Sozialphilosophie (DE-588)4055876-9 gnd |
| topic_facet | Democracy Philosophy, Marxist Politik Radicalism HISTORY / Europe / France POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy Philosophie Politische Wissenschaft Radikalismus Sozialwissenschaften Political science Philosophy Social sciences Philosophy Demokratie Marxismus Sozialphilosophie Europa Frankreich |
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