Post-Foundational Political Thought: Political Difference in Nancy, Lefort, Badiou and Laclau

A wide-ranging overview of the emergence of post-foundationalism and a survey of the work of its key contemporary exponentsThis book presents the first systematic coverage of the conceptual difference between 'politics' (the practice of conventional politics: the political system or politi...

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Main Author: Marchart, Oliver (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
Series:Taking on the Political : TAPO
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Summary:A wide-ranging overview of the emergence of post-foundationalism and a survey of the work of its key contemporary exponentsThis book presents the first systematic coverage of the conceptual difference between 'politics' (the practice of conventional politics: the political system or political forms of action) and 'the political' (a much more radical aspect which cannot be restricted to the realms of institutional politics). It is also the first introductory overview of post-foundationalism and the tradition of 'left Heideggerianism': the political thought of contemporary theorists who make frequent use of the idea of political difference: Jean-Luc Nancy, Claude Lefort, Alain Badiou and Ernesto Laclau.After an overview of current trends in social post-foundationalism and a genealogical chapter on the historical emergence of the difference between the concepts of 'politics' and 'the political', the work of individual theorists is presented and discussed at length. Individual chapters are presented on the political thought of Jean-Luc Nancy (including Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe), Claude Lefort, Alain Badiou, and Ernesto Laclau (including Chantal Mouffe).Overall, the book offers an elaboration of the idea of a post-foundational conception of politics
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mrz 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (208 Seiten)
ISBN:9780748630684
DOI:10.1515/9780748630684

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