Politics in the Times of Indignation provides a critical look at Western liberal democracies in crisis, to provide us with the theoretical tools to make sense of the political disorientation of our times. Indispensable for understanding the present state of democratic societies, this book is a lens through which we can study numerous contemporary developments. He examines the popular indignation that has accompanied the crisis of governmental legitimacy, which is aggravated by the economic crisis in various countries and demonstrated by groups such as the Occupy Wall Street Movement in the US, Podemos in Spain, or La France Insoumise in France. At the same time, Innerarity endeavors to offer a universal, rather than a merely circumstantial, interpretation of the transformations that are still ongoing in our political systems, as well as of those that need to be put in place in order to satisfy the expectations and rights of democratic citizenship. Politics in the Times of Indignation represents a guiding thread through political developments, as well as a conceptual tool-box for understanding the meaning of the current crisis of representation, the fate of political parties, the relation between ethics and politics, and how politics can become an intelligent enterprise.
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Introduction: politics explained to idiots I. Who Does Politics? 1. Old and New Political Subjects 2. The End of Political Parties? 3. Politics of Recognition 4. Right to Decide? II. The Political Condition 5. Political Time 6. Political Discourse 7. Politics of Emotions 8. The Importance of Coming to an Agreement 9. The Democratic Deception III. Politics in Hard Times 10. The Age of Limits 11. Politics after Indignation 12. Democracy without Politics IV. Some Platitudes 13. Democracies of Representative Proximity and Distance 14. How Much Transparency Do Our Democracies Require and Tolerate? 15. The Importance and Limits of Raising the Moral Standards of Politics 16. What Remains on the Left and Right V. The Future of Politics 17. What is this thing called Governance? 18. Politics as an Intelligent Activity Index
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In this original and timely book, Daniel Innerarity implores us to rethink the “game of politics,” and the concepts that we use to understand it, in order to judge it with all the severity it deserves. As he pushes against the cynics, Innerarity reminds us that political philosophy can still be done and that it matters that it is.
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A compelling explanation of why indignation has become the overriding political sentiment of our time, how it has changed the social conditions of our democracies.
An original and penetrating analysis of contemporary political climate similar to the work of Mouffe, Badiou, Zizek, and Laclau
Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy encourages a sustained dialogue between the most important intellectual currents in recent European philosophy--including phenomenology, deconstruction, hermeneutics--and key political theories and concepts, both classical and modern. In doing so, it not only sheds new light on today's shifting political realities but also explores the previously neglected consequences of the two disciplines.
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ISBN
9781350080768
Publisert
2019-02-21
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Vekt
572 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
280

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Biographical note

Daniel Innerarity is Professor of Political and Social Philosophy and Ikerbasque researcher at the University of the Basque Country, Spain.