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Radical future pasts : untimely political theory / edited by Romand Coles, Mark Reinhardt, and George Shulman contributors Cristina Beltran [and twenty one others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--History.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (543 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Written by both well-established and rising scholars, Radical Future Pasts seeks to open up new possibilities for theoretical inquiries and engagements with practical political struggles. Unlike conventional ""state of the discipline"" collections, this volume does not summarize the history of political theory. Rather than accept traditional ideas about the political past, the contributors reinterpret canonical and current texts to demonstrate fresh interpretations and narratives.Led by editors Romand Coles, Mark Reinhardt, and George Shulman, and inspired by the work of Peter Euben,
- Contents:
- Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Radical Future Pasts?; Part I Theorizing Temporalities; 1. Untimeliness and Punctuality; 2. ""When the Corn Was Ripe . . .""; 3. Black Noise in White Time; 4. The Moment Has Passed; Part II Theorizing Political Subjectivities; 5. The Virtual Patriot Syndrome; 6. Populism and the RebelliousCultures of Democracy; 7. Distinguishing Racial Presencefrom Racial Justice; 8. Race and the Democratic Aesthetic; 9. In Praise of Disorder; Part III Theorizing and Genre; 10. The Politics of Literature; 11. Circulating Authority; 12. Staging Reception
- 13. Holding Up Mirrors in (and to)Political TheoryPart IV Theorizing Tragedy; 14. Antigone's Laments, Creon's Grief; 15. Pathologies of Freedom in Melville's America; 16. Tragic Realism and CredibleDemocratic Hopes; 17. Steps toward an Ecology of LateCapitalism; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8131-4552-X
- 0-8131-4554-6
- OCLC:
- 881628354
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