In the street : democratic action, theatricality, and political friendship / Çiğdem Çıdam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Çıdam, Çiğdem, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Philosophy.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

If there is one thing that people agree about concerning the massive, leaderless, spontaneous protests that have spread across the globe over the past decade, it's that they were failures. Simply put, the protesters could not organize; nor could they formulate clear demands or bring about change. 'In the Street' argues that in seeking to find the reasons behind these alleged 'failures,' we are asking the wrong questions. It argues that when our analysis of such events is confined by a framework of success and failure, we blind ourselves to the working reality of democratic politics, namely the on-the-ground efforts of political actors who, in becoming 'political friends,' demonstrate, if for a fleeting moment, that another way of being together is possible.

Contents:

Cover

In the Street

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue-​Setting up the Stage: "Beauty is in the Street" in Istanbul

1. Democratic Action, Spontaneity, and the Intermediating Practices of Political Friendship

2. Jean-​Jacques Rousseau: From the Unsettling Reality of the Theater to the Dream of Immediacy

3. Antonio Negri: Insurgencies, the Multitude, and the Search for Permanence

4. Jürgen Habermas: Embracing Transience, Containing Unpredictability

5. Jacques Rancière: The Theatrical Paradigm and the Messiness of Democratic Politics

6. Enacting Political Friendship in Gezi

Epilogue: Fanning the Spark of Hope

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-007170-2

0-19-007171-0

0-19-007169-9

OCLC:

1226856181