Common ground : democracy and collectivity in an age of individualism / Jeremy Gilbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilbert, Jeremy, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social participation.

Individualism.

Physical Description:

272 p. ; 22 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2014.

Summary:

Draws on past philosophical debates to propose a new way of conceiving the commons in today's neo-liberal era.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""1. Postmodernity and the Crisis of Democracy""; ""2. A War of All Against All: Neoliberal Hegemony and Competitive Individualism""; ""3. Leviathan Logics: Group Psychology from Hobbes to Laclau""; ""4. The State of Community Opened: Multitude and Multiplicity""; ""5. The Non-Fascist Crowd: Individuation and Infinite Relationality""; ""6. Feeling Together: Affect, Identity and the Politics of the Common""; ""7. On the Impossibility of Making Decisions: Affect, Agency and the Democratic Sublime""; ""8. Conclusions""; ""Notes""

""References""""Index""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 30, 2013).

ISBN:

9781849649773

1849649774

9781849649766

1849649766

OCLC:

923335765