Stasis before the State: Nine Theses on Agonistic Democracy (Commonalities (FUP))
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (821 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0823277402 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dimitris Vardoulakis is Associate Professor and deputy chair of philosophy at Western Sydney University.
Over the course of nine theses Vardoulakis contends with some of the central issues of contemporary politics and shows that we need not fear conflict but should embrace it as a critical aspect of democratic life.” (James Martel San Francisco State University) . "Against the naïve utopias of radical democracy and of liberal democracy alike, Vardoulakis presents us with ‘agonistic democracy’a non-teleological and paradoxical political practice that constitutes the condition of possibility as well as the only real alternative to sovereign power. Stasis before the State is a truly remarkable and memorable book." (Cesare Casarino University of Minnesota, Cultural Critique Senior Editor)“A beautiful and lyrical book
In elaborating this ancient but only recently recovered concept of stasis, Vardoulakis illustrates the radical potential of democracy to move beyond the logic of exclusion and the ruse of sovereignty.. Within this structure, to resist sovereignty is to reproduce the logic of exclusion characteristic of sovereignty.In contrast to this "ruse of sovereignty," Vardoulakis proposes an alternative model for political change. This book critiques the relation between sovereignty and democracy. Across nine theses, Vardoulakis argues that sovereignty asserts its power by establis