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It is frequently said that we are living through the end of politics, the end of social upheavals, the end of utopian folly. Consensual realism is the order of the day. But political realists, remarks Jacques Ranciere, are always several steps behind reality, and the only thing which may come to an end with their dominance is democracy. 'We could', he suggests, 'merely smile at the duplicity of the conclusion/suppression of politics which is simultaneously a suppression/conclusion of philosophy.'
This is precisely the task which Ranciere undertakes in these subtle and perceptive essays. He argues persuasively that since Plato and Aristotle politics has always constructed itself as the art of ending politics, that realism is itself utopian, and that what has succeeded the polemical forms of class struggle is not the wisdom of a new millennium but the return of old fears, criminality and chaos. Whether he is discussing the confrontation between Mitterrand and Chirac, French working-class discourse after the 1830 revolution, or the ideology of recent student mobilizations, his aim is to restore philosophy to politics and give politics back its original and necessary meaning: the organization of dissent.
Author
Jacques Ranciere
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Verso
Published
March 2021
Weight
91g
Dimensions
127 x 194 x 11 mm
ISBN
9781788739665
ISBN-10
1788739663
Eden Code
5214633
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Author/Creator: Jacques Ranciere
ISBN: 9781788739665
Publisher: Verso
Release Date: March 2021
Weight: 91g
Dimensions: 127 x 194 x 11 mm
Eden Code: 5214633