The subject of sovereignty : relationality and the pivot past liberalism / Gregory Feldman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feldman, Gregory, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sovereignty--Social aspects.

Sovereignty.

Liberalism--Social aspects.

Liberalism.

Subject (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2024]

Summary:

Seeking new forms of democracy, progressive politics raises a fundamental question: what is the alternative to the allegedly coherent, self-contained liberal subject that represents the project of modernity? Exploring the themes of nature, race, and the divine, this book identifies the more realistic alternative in the "relational subject": a subject that is inseparable from the global field of relations through which it emerges and yet distinct from that field because it lives a life that no one else ever has. Recognizing ourselves as such subjects allows us not only to rethink politics, but, more profoundly, to envision sovereignty as the means by which we each rejuvenate ourselves and the polities we constitute with others.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Sovereigntys Janus Face: Denying or Acknowledging Relationality

Chapter 1. Human/Nature: How the Rise of the Liberal Subject Impoverished Our Understanding of Relationality

Chapter 2. Th e Pathetic Oppressor: Th e Insanity of Sovereignty in a Racist World

Chapter 3. Sovereign Fusions: Th e Reduction to Man and Its Phenomenological Alternatives

Chapter 4. Extra/Ordinary Action: Th e Divine-Like Element in Relational Sovereignty

Conclusion. From Rethinking the Political to Rethinking Sovereignty

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Feldman, Gregory The Subject of Sovereignty

ISBN:

1-80539-097-X

OCLC:

1396699224