Radical sociality : on disobedience, violence and belonging / Margarita Palacios.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palacios, Margarita, 1964-

Series:

Studies in the psychosocial

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Psychoanalysis and philosophy.

Socialization.

Violence.

Physical Description:

viii, 186 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

"In an original dialogue between philosophy and psychoanalytic theory, this book reflects upon a variety of social formations and their logics of exclusion and inclusion that characterize different relations to otherness. Analysing disobedience, anxiety, and a variety of forms of violence, trauma and witnessing, Radical Sociality explores the possibilities and vicissitudes of contemporary forms of belonging and the limits and challenges of democracy. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Introduction

1. Hermeneutics and the Art of Disobedience

2. Death, Anxiety and the Vicissitudes of Action

3. Fantasy, Otherness and Violence

4. From Narcissism to Melancholia

5. Rethinking Melancholia

6. Decolonizing Trauma and the Ethics of Anxious Witnessing

7. On Infinite Criticality

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137003683

1137003685

OCLC:

857863422

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