Community without unity : a politics of Derridian extravagance / William Corlett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corlett, William S. (William Southard)

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Post-contemporary interventions.

Post-contemporary interventions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State, The.

Communities.

Collectivism.

Individualism.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st paperback ed.

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Winner of the 1990 Foundations of Political Theory Section of the American Political Science Association ""First Book Award""Now available in paperback with a new preface by the author, this award-winning book breaks new ground by challenging traditional concepts of community in political theory. William Corlett brings the diverse (and sometimes contradictory) work of Foucault and Derrida to bear on the thought of Pocock, Burke, Lincoln, and McIntyre, among others, to move beyond the conventional dichotomy of ""individual vs. community,"" arguing instead that community is best adva

Contents:

Part 1. Subjugation: Mutual Service and the Language of Domination. Reciprocity, Commonality, Mutual Service. Opening Up the Dialogue Between Remunity and Communion

Part 2. Reassurance: Pocock, Foucault, Forces of Reassurance. The Problem of Time in Lincolnian Political Religion. The Power of Fear in Burkean Traditionalism

Part 3. Extravagance: Announcing Derridian Confession: Spacing, Deferral, Writing. Practicing Derridian Confession: Supplementing Foucault. Redrawing the Lignes de Bataille

Supplement: Taking Time Out for Community.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-254) and index.

ISBN:

9786613062680

9781283062688

1283062682

9780822382294

0822382296

OCLC:

191222173