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Book SynopsisWhere does power come from? Why does it sometimes disappear? This work explains the creation and loss of power as a product of human efforts to enter, keep or end relationships with others in an attempt to satisfy passions and interests, using a theoretical and historical case study of one community - Puerto Ricans in the United States.Trade ReviewThe strength of this book resides in the rich details about local politics revealed in these chapters. * Political Science Quarterly *A well-written, historically informed, and original treatment of the Puerto Rican cultural and ethno-class struggle in America. Boricua Power is scholarly yet heartfelt and recommended to anyone interested in ethnicity and social power. -- Michael Parenti, author of The Culture StruggleJosé Sánchez offers a fresh new way of thinking about Puerto Rican politics. Guided by a dynamic and suggestive concept of political power, the author navigates his way deftly through the thickets of volatile debates and controversy in tracking a century-long history of radical class and ethnic speaking-truth-to-power in the Latino vein. Taking us back to the cigar worker strikes before the 1920s, the story of Boricua Power goes on to probe the political scene in the post-World War II era, and then sheds new light on the Young Lords’ Party and the exciting political watershed of the sixties and seventies in New York City. To sidestep the pitfalls of blame-the-victim pathologizing on the one hand, and wishful triumphalism on the other, Sánchezs metaphor of the play of power as dance is fun, convincing, and thoroughly apropos. -- Juan Flores,author of From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino IdentityThis study fills an important gap by presenting a cogent and historically rich account of community empowerment in the intellectual tradition of political economy. * Citylimits.org *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Dance: A Theory of Power 2 The Cigar Makers' Strike: An Economic Power Goes Up in Smoke, 1919 to 1945 3 The Rise of Radicalism: World War II to 1965 4 Puerto Rican Marginalization: 1965 to the Present 5 The Young Lords, the Media, and CulturalEstrangement ConclusionNotes BibliographyIndex About the Author

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Book SynopsisTells the story of the Palestinian citrus industry from its inception until 1950, tracing the shifting relationship between Palestinian Arabs and Zionist Jews. Kabha and Karlinsky portray the industry's social fabric, detail its economic history, and analyse the conditions that enabled the formation of a unique binational organisation.

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Book SynopsisAfter the 1979 Islamic Revolution, constitutionalist leaders represented a diverse composite of beliefs, yet they all shared a similar vision of a new Iran, one that included far-reaching modernizing reforms. Mangol Bayat provides a much-needed detailed analysis of this historic episode.Trade ReviewThis is one of the finest works on the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. . . . Bayat’s meticulous scholarship has substantially raised the stakes in analyzing Iran’s Constitutional Revolution. Bayat’s Iran’s Experiment with Parliamentary Governance is simply magisterial in terms of sources, contexts, and analysis, but its importance goes beyond the hitherto neglected Second Majlis to re-center secular liberalism as the major thread in the whole of the Constitutional period, 1905-1911, with its preceding developments in the late 19th century and in Iran’s subsequent history. A tour de force revealing both how the imperial powers undermined democracy and how eager the early reformers were in striving to establish parliamentary government in Iran. This groundbreaking work—a worthy continuation of her earlier work on the First Majles—helps debunk the widely accepted notion that early twentieth-century Iran was not yet ready for parliamentary government.

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Book SynopsisAfter the 1979 Islamic Revolution, constitutionalist leaders represented a diverse composite of beliefs, yet they all shared a similar vision of a new Iran, one that included far-reaching modernizing reforms. Mangol Bayat provides a much-needed detailed analysis of this historic episode.Trade ReviewThis is one of the finest works on the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. . . . Bayat’s meticulous scholarship has substantially raised the stakes in analyzing Iran’s Constitutional Revolution.""—Mehrzad Boroujerdi, author of Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook""Bayat’s Iran’s Experiment with Parliamentary Governance is simply magisterial in terms of sources, contexts, and analysis, but its importance goes beyond the hitherto neglected Second Majlis to re-center secular liberalism as the major thread in the whole of the Constitutional period, 1905-1911, with its preceding developments in the late 19th century and in Iran’s subsequent history.""—G. R. Garthwaite, Dartmouth College

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Book SynopsisIn Egypt, something that fails to live up to its advertised expectations is often called a watermelon. The political transition in Egypt after protests overthrew Husni Mubarak is one such watermelon. Stacher examines the uprising and its aftermath to show how the country's new ruling incumbents deferred the democratic dreams of the people of Egypt.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface: A Watermelon Democracy Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Retiring Mubarak: Protests, Opposition Relations, and Incumbent Ejection 2. Electoral Recalibration? Transitional Elections and Disempowerment 3. State Violence as Life: Regime-Making and Counterrevolution 4. An Uprising against Neoliberalism? The State, Military Inc., and the Political Economy of Egypt Conclusion

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Book SynopsisContrary to the prevailing opinion that autocratic parliaments are meaningless, token institutions, Weipert-Fenner's long-term analysis shows that parliament can be an indicator, catalyst, and agent of change in an authoritarian regime.

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Book SynopsisDelves into the historical, political, and geopolitical background of Turkey's decline. Providing a comprehensive portrait of the Turkish state's turmoil, Aras creates a blueprint for the ways in which much-needed reforms can break vicious cycles of political polarization, rising authoritarianism, and weak state institutions.

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Book SynopsisDelves into the historical, political, and geopolitical background of Turkey's decline. Providing a comprehensive portrait of the Turkish state's turmoil, Aras creates a blueprint for the ways in which much-needed reforms can break vicious cycles of political polarization, rising authoritarianism, and weak state institutions.

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Book SynopsisThese fourteen essays tackle a wider range of cultural and political issues than are usually addressed in debates about postmodernism, as well as some long-familiar political and philosophical matters.

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Book SynopsisA new edition of this classic work on the idea of difference. In this foundational work in contemporary political theory, William Connolly makes a distinctive contribution to our understanding of the relationship between personal identity and democratic politics, particularly in the domains of religion, ethics, sexuality, and ethnicity. Every identity, Connolly argues, whether individual or social, presents us with a fundamental and troubling paradox: an identity establishes itself in relation to a set of differences, and it operates under powerful pressures to fix, regulate, or exclude some of these differences as otherness. The dignity of a people or political regime, and the quality of democratic culture, depends on the acknowledgment and ethos cultivated in response to these pressures. In a substantial new essay, Connolly responds to the heated controversy surrounding his ideas when IdentityDifference was first published in 1991, while augmenting his discussion of the virtues of

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Book SynopsisA guide to Italian political and social theory.

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Book SynopsisIn the ten years since the initial publication of Insurgencies, Antonio Negri's reputation as one of the world's foremost political philosophers has grown dramatically. Now with a foreword by Michael Hardt, Insurgencies leads to a new notion of how power and action must be understood if we are to achieve a democratic future.Table of ContentsForeword Chapter 1. Constituent Power: The Concept of a CrisisOn the Juridical Concept of Constituent Power Absolute Procedure, Constitution, Revolution From Structure to the SubjectChapter 2. Virtue and Fortune: The Machiavellian Paradigm The Logic of Time and the Prince's Indecision Democracy as Absolute Government and the Reform of the Renaissance Critical Ontology of the Constituent PrincipleChapter 3. The Atlantic Model and the Theory of CounterpowerMutatio and Anakyclosis Harrington: Constituent Power as Counterpower The Constituent Motor and the Constitutionalist ObstacleChapter 4. Political Emancipation in the American ConstitutionConstituent Power and the "Frontier" of Freedom Homo Politicus and the Republican Machine Crisis of the Event and Inversion of the TendencyChapter 5. The Revolution and the Constitution of LaborRousseau's Enigma and the Time of the Sansculottes The Constitution of Labor To Terminate the RevolutionChapter 6. Communist Desire and the Dialectic RestoredConstituent Power in Revolutionary Materialism Lenin and the Soviets: The Institutional Compromise Socialism and EnterpriseChapter 7. The Constitution of Strength"Multitudo et Potentia": The Problem Constitutive Disutopia Beyond ModernityNotes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In Eating Anxiety, Chad Lavin steadfastly rejects what have come to be clichés about our modern relation to food and gives us new answers to old questions about what makes us anxious about food. His innovative analysis tacks back and forth between political philosophy and contemporary food treatises to show how ethical consumption is founded on untenable notions of the liberal, disembodied subject—ironically so. Taking swipes at obesity hysteria, food localism, and post-humanism alike, Lavin asks us to confront our anxieties—including those about our failing democracy—rather than to seek solace in individualist approaches to food system change." —Julie Guthman, author of Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism"Ultimately, Lavin reveals how current philosophical and sociohistorical approaches to food help support neoliberal interests, suggesting the need to create alternatives to consumer actions as forms of resistance."—CHOICE"Eating Anxiety offers a creative and useful contribution that will foster discussion and further inquiry for those interested in the politics of food."—Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Food Politics in the Twilight of Sovereignty1. Diet and American Ideology2. Eating Alone3. The Digestive Turn in Political Thought4. Responsibility and Disease in Obesity Politics5. The Year of Eating Politically6. The Meat We Don’t EatConclusion: Democracy and DisgustNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Michael Schumacher’s The Contest is a brilliant revisiting of the 1968 presidential election, which forever changed America and the world. Every page sparkles with historical wisdom, clear-headed analysis, and fresh facts. Out of all the books I’ve read on the 1968 election, this is the very best. Highly recommended!"—Douglas Brinkley, author of Cronkite"Michael Schumacher has brought to life a presidential campaign for the ages. Comprehensive and deeply researched, here is an essential guide to the earth-shaking events and larger-than-life personalities of a year that lives on in history."—Roberta Walburn, author of Miles Lord: The Maverick Judge Who Brought Corporate America to Justice"Readers seeking an entertaining and informative study of the 1968 campaign would do well to start here."—Kirkus Reviews"A rigorously researched and detailed book that not only conveys all the volatility, rage, intrigue, and belief in the possibility of change that characterized the election of 1968 but provides a deeply human record of the lives of the powerful figures whose decisions would chart the course of history."—Foreword Reviews"This durable history underlines all the nuances for readers who lived it and showcases the period’s drama for readers new to one of the defining sagas of the ’60s."—Publishers Weekly"A fine choice as an introduction to the election and for those who enjoyed Lawrence O’Donnell’s ­Playing with Fire or ­Michael Cohen’s American Maelstrom."—Library Journal"It’s difficult to imagine a more compelling and comprehensive look at the 1968 election . . . and it’s impossible to read without noting the parallels between then and now, as a nation struggles to keep believing in itself."—Star Tribune

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Book SynopsisConsiders the appeal of the Christian right wing movement in contemporary American politics and cultureTrade Review“Kintz is one of the few scholars on the left who takes the notion of religious faith seriously: while she is not a theologian, she understands the deeply affective longing for spiritual knowledge that motivates the political awakening of men and women of the right. Avoiding the tendency to see the right as a ragtag bag of ‘fanatics,’ Kintz articulates the philosophic, psychic, and political consequences of ‘naming’ oneself as part of an activist spiritual community.”—Peggy Phelan, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University“Kintz’s research is revealing, even shocking. Between Jesus and the Market is of paramount importance if we are ever to understand, and not merely revile or embrace, the movements she studies.”—Juliet Flower MacCannell, University of California, Irvine“Linda Kintz’s clear and profound understanding of the crucial symbolic and political positions occupied by born-again women in contemporary America will enlighten public dialogue in ways that might actually, finally, move it forward.”—Alice Jardine, Harvard University

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Book SynopsisOnce a marginal political coalition, the French National Front has become the most high-profile far-right organisation in Europe. This book analyses the Front's history, from its creation in 1972 and outcast status in the early 1980s to its achievement of broad-based support and show of political strength in the 1997 elections.Trade Review“[T]he most up-to-date and comprehensive study [of the French National Front] in English.” - Robert Tombs, Times Literary Supplement“[A] fine book on an important and controversial topic.” - Paul Seaton, Perspectives on Political Science“DeClair offers a detailed survey of the Front’s electoral successes and the narrative account in the two chapters dealing with this process is comprehensive and informative. The interviews with party representatives, and their responses to DeClair’s questionnaires, flesh out the picture of the Front’s development and give an authentic feel to the descriptions of how the growth of the party took shape.” - Jim Wolfreys, Contemporary Politics“[A]n informative and intriguing treatment of elite opinion within the party, drawing heavily upon original interviews. The broad endorsement of neoliberalism through most of the Front’s formative period is particularly well rendered, as is the switch to more nationalistic economics in this decade. . . . [A] highly useful book. . . .” - Bruce Morrison, Governance“A thorough and engaging study of the development of France’s Front National . . . . Based upon his commendable body of evidence, DeClair produces an eminently readable survey of the Front National’s history, leaders and future prospects.” - William M. Downs, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics“Politics on the Fringe is simply the best book on the French National Front available in the English language. Intelligent, original, thoughtful, careful, and well-written, it is a marvelous mixture of primary and secondary research. Its insights into the minds and motives of the National Front and its supporters will undoubtedly serve as the foundation for our understanding of this important far right group for years to come.”—Anthony Messina, Tufts University“The specter of right-wing populism presents a major challenge to the party systems of western Europe. By taking an empirically-based, ideologically-neutral approach to a very emotional subject, Politics on the Fringe offers a deeper understanding of the National Front and a greater insight into its internal organizational behavior.”—Vincent E. McHale, Case Western Reserve University“[A] fine book on an important and controversial topic.” -- Paul Seaton * Perspectives on Political Science *“[A]n informative and intriguing treatment of elite opinion within the party, drawing heavily upon original interviews. The broad endorsement of neoliberalism through most of the Front’s formative period is particularly well rendered, as is the switch to more nationalistic economics in this decade. . . . [A] highly useful book. . . .” -- Bruce Morrison * Governance *“[T]he most up-to-date and comprehensive study [of the French National Front] in English.” -- Robert Tombs * TLS *“A thorough and engaging study of the development of France’s Front National . . . . Based upon his commendable body of evidence, DeClair produces an eminently readable survey of the Front National’s history, leaders and future prospects.” -- William M. Downs * Nationalism and Ethnic Politics *“DeClair offers a detailed survey of the Front’s electoral successes and the narrative account in the two chapters dealing with this process is comprehensive and informative. The interviews with party representatives, and their responses to DeClair’s questionnaires, flesh out the picture of the Front’s development and give an authentic feel to the descriptions of how the growth of the party took shape.” -- Jim Wolfreys * Contemporary Politics *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The French Far Right: The Legacy of History 2. The Far Right Reappears: The Creation of the National Front 3. Initial Success: Election Victories in 1984 and 1986 4. Legislative Losses and Beyond 5. The Political Agenda of the National Front 6. The Leadership and Organization of the National Front 7. Voting for the National Front 8. The Far Right in Comparative Perspective Conclusion Afterword Appendix 1. Elected and Party Positions Held by Respondents in 1988 Appendix 2. Evolution of the National Front's Political Bureau Notes Bibiliography Index

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Book SynopsisArgues that an ideological vacuum has fuelled the problems throughout postcommunist Europe and the former Soviet Union. Drawing upon field research, this book aims to paint a picture of post-communist political life in which ideological labels are meaningless and exchangeable at will, and political parties appear and disappear regularly.Trade Review“A pioneering study. This book should be required reading for journalists and diplomats who deal with postcommunist Europe.”—James Felak, University of Washington“Cohen's deft and ingenious examination of the historical, political, biographical, and moral features of Slovakia's present and recent past, in particular the peculiar and powerful quality and impact of the Leninist legacy, contributes substantially to our grasp of this area's novel political sociology.”—Ken Jowitt, University of California, Berkeley

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Book SynopsisOffers a challenge to common characterisations of post-communist politics as either a resurgence of aggressive nationalism or an evolution toward Western-style democracy. This title focuses on Slovakia's failure to forge a collective memory of the World War II experience. It is suitable for scholars in political science and history.Trade Review“A pioneering study. This book should be required reading for journalists and diplomats who deal with postcommunist Europe.”—James Felak, University of Washington“Cohen's deft and ingenious examination of the historical, political, biographical, and moral features of Slovakia's present and recent past, in particular the peculiar and powerful quality and impact of the Leninist legacy, contributes substantially to our grasp of this area's novel political sociology.”—Ken Jowitt, University of California, Berkeley

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Book SynopsisA collection of essays that develops a poststructuralist Marxist conception of class in order to theorise the complex contemporary economic terrain. Suggesting the possibility of a new politics of the economy, the collection as a whole focuses on the diversity and contingency of economic relations and processes.Trade Review“ There’s a lot of talk about ‘getting back to class,’ as if all the other things that have concerned social theorists for the last couple of decades were a waste of time. Here’s a book that gets back to class a lot wiser for that experience. Even when you don’t agree with the contributors, they make you think, and very productively. What more can you ask from a book?”—Doug Henwood, author of A New EconomyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Toward a Poststructuralist Political Economy / J. K. Gibson-Graham, Stephen Resnick, Richard Wolff 2. Reading Marx for Class / Bruce Norton 3. Toward a New Class Politics of the Enterprise / J. K. Gibson-Graham and Phillip O’Neill 4. Ivy-covered Exploitation: Class, Education, and the Liberal Arts College / Fred Curtis 5. Nature and Class: A Marxian Value Analysis / Andriana Vlachou 6. The Promise of Finance: Banks and Community Development / Carole Biewener 7. “After” Development: Re-imagining Economy and Class / J. K. Gibson-Graham and David Ruccio 8. Development and Class Transition in India / Anjan Chakrabarti and Stephen Cullenberg 9. A Class Analysis of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 / Satyananda Gabriel 10. Sharecropping and Feudal Class Processes in the Postbellum Mississippi Delta / Serap Ayse Kayatekin 11. Communal Class Processes and Precolumbian Social Dynamics / Dean Saitta 12. Struggles in the USSR: Communisms Attempted and Undone / Stephen Resnick and Richard D. Wolff References Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA collection of essays demonstrating the ways diverse religious rituals, symbols, ethics and ideologies perform as primary planks in the construction of the public realm, with particular focus on peripheral nations and politicised spiritualities of resistance.Trade Review“By bringing religions in confrontation with globalization, this volume offers a healthy corrective to the received view that one religion, Christianity, shall be the measuring stick to evaluate all other religions and to the received view that links a given religion to a given race. Religions/Globalizations makes a signal contribution to understanding the changing faces of religions in an era in which the old principles of colonial domination are being redrawn under the new forms of global coloniality.”—Walter Mignolo, Duke University“This collection places the long-standing issue of the relation between religion and politics in the context of ‘post-Cold War’ developments and the rise of neoliberal capitalist globalization. The essays explore how religion reinforces stasis and exploitation on the one hand, and motivates resistance and change on the other.”—Mark Lewis Taylor, Princeton Theological SeminaryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part One / Theoretical Frameworks The Religion of Globalization / Dwight N. Hopkins The Sociohistorical Meaning of Liberation Theology (Reflections about Its Origin and World Context) / Enrique Dussel Society’s Religion: The Rise of Social Theory, Globalization, and the Invention of Religion / Eduardo Mendieta The Global Rise of Religious Nationalism / Mark Juergensmeyer Who Is an Indian? Religion, Globalization, and Chiapas / Lois Ann Lorentzen Part Two / Case Studies The African Transformation of Christianity: Comparative Reflections on Ethnicity and Religious Mobilization in Africa / Lamin Sanneh Macroeconomy, Apartheid, & Rituals of Healing in an African Indigenous Church / Linda E. Thomas (In)Corporating Threshold Art: Kolam Competitions, Patronage, and Colage / Vijaya Rettakudi Nagarajan Visa Trouble: Cambodian American Christians and Their Defense of Multiple Citizenship / Kathryn Poethig Televangelism: Local and Global Dimensions / Berit Bretthauer Dancing to a Different Beat: Emerging Spiritualities in the Network Society / David Batstone Index

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Book SynopsisExamining how the limitations of representation have been discussed from Kant up through Marxist theorists of postmodernism, this title illuminates the epistemological, political, aesthetic, ideological, and cultural issues hinging on the inevitable failures of representation.Trade Review"The Abyss of Representation is an ambitious and highly illuminating book."—Ernesto Laclau”The Abyss of Representation is an outstanding contribution to a theory of literature and aesthetic philosophy. It is a strong elaboration of the failure inherent in representation and that failure’s relevance to a cultural and political theory.”—Michael Bernard-Donals, coauthor of Between Witness and Testimony: The Holocaust and the Limits of RepresentationTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Abbreviations for Works Cited xi 1. Representation and the Abyss of Subjectivity 1 2. Presentation beyond Representation: Kant and the Limits of Discursive Understanding 22 3. The Speculative Proposition: Hegel and the Drama of Presentation 53 4. Marx’s Key Concept? Althusser and the Darstellung Question 84 5. Figuration and the Sublime Logic of the Real: Jameson’s Libidinal Apparatuses 127 6. The Theater of Figural Space 182 7. Can the Symptom Speak? Hegemony and the Problem of Cultural Representation 235 Notes 295 Bibliography 319 Index 327

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Book SynopsisDetails the end of the modern and the emergence of the postmodern in 1960s philosophy, literature and popular cultureTrade Review“In a series of wrenching, heretical re-readings of its classics, Marianne DeKoven rescues the decade of the sixties from a false familiarity and restores a sense of its adventurous if fragile alliance between literature and theory, modernist utopian critique and the messy creativity of the postmodern present. Instead of the usual nostalgia and polemic, Utopia Limited delivers intellectual precision and tough love. The story of the sixties has never been told with more rigor or more freshness.”—Bruce Robbins, author of Feeling Global: Internationalism in Distress“Marianne DeKoven has written a blueprint for how to delve deep into the sixties without romantic or cynical nostalgia. She recaptures fully that cultural moment by showing how sixties writers kept sliding back and forth between totalizing dreams of utopia and more private and diverse expressions of their wishes and identities.”—Ann Snitow, coeditor of The Feminist Memoir Project: Voices from Women’s Liberation“Utopia Limited will set in place a new way of understanding the interface between social, cultural, and political impulses in the sixties. Its aim—and its success—is not simply to mark out what we can now see as the emergent postmodern in texts as diverse as The Port Huron Statement and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but to interpret, through attentive close readings, precisely how and where the modern and nascent postmodern are joined in such texts.”—Cora Kaplan, author of Sea Changes: Essays on Culture and FeminismTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xvii I. Modern to Postmodern Introduction: Modern, Sixties, Postmodern 3 1. Modern to Postmodern in Herbert Marcuse 26 II. Culture Industry to Popular Culture 2. Culture Industry to Popular Culture in Mythologies 57 3. Las Vegas Signs Taken for Wonders 72 4. Loathing and Learning in Las Vegas 86 5. Endnotes I: Sixties, Avant-Garde, Popular Culture 114 III. Participatory Democracy to Postmodern Populism 6. Participatory Democracy in Port Huron 123 7. Paradise Then 143 8. William Burroughs: Any Number Can Play 161 9. Endnotes II: Sixties, Avant-Garde, Popular Culture 183 IV. Subject Politics 10. Politics of the Self 189 11. Laing’s Politics of the Self 200 12. Tell Me Lies about Vietnam 210 13. Fire Next Time or Rainbow Sign 228 14. Personal and Political 249 15. Utopia Limited 270 Conclusion: Post-Utopian Promise 288 Notes 291 Selected Annotated Bibliography Part 1. The Postmodern 323 Part II. The Sixties 334 Index 345

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Book SynopsisAnalyzes the massive shift in Mexican political culture between the 18th and 19th centuries, asking how shifts in ideology initiated by elites played out in popular political culture and comparing the impact of political innovations on the culture of both Oaxacan indigenous peasants and Oaxacan urban plebeians.Trade Review“The Time of Liberty is a welcome and much needed addition to the literatures on popular political culture, indigenous politics, independence, and the first half-century of Mexico’s independent political life. It will be influential in debates on nineteenth-century Mexican history and more broadly."—Florencia E. Mallon, author of Peasant and Nation: The Making of Postcolonial Mexico and Peru“The Time of Liberty takes on the most important issues around Mexican independence and draws fundamentally important and transforming conclusions. It is the finest analysis yet written of politics and political culture before, during, and after Mexican independence.”—John Tutino, author of From Insurrection to Revolution in Mexico: Social Bases of Agrarian Violence, 1750–1940“[A] pathbreaking study. . . . Guardino casts new light upon regional political life in Oaxaca in both the city and in the rural villages of Villa Alta. . . . [T]his fascinating study opens new windows to explain a regional political picture that until now has been quite murky.” -- Christon I. Archer * Hispanic American Historical Review *“[T]his is an extremely important study of regional and national politics in Mexico. . . . By taking a broad view of politics, culture, and society during the formative period of nation-building in Mexico, Guardino offers a new perspective on peasant politics and on connections linking the village, region, and state.” -- Scott Eastman * Ethnohistory *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1. Society, Economy, and Politics in Colonial Antequera 19 2. Society, Economy, and Political Culture in Colonial Villa Alta 40 3. Bourbon Intentions and Subaltern Responses 91 4. Loyalty, Liberalism, War, and Independence 122 5. Oil and Vinegar: The Construction and Dissolution of Republican Order in the City of Oaxaca 156 6. The Reconstruction of Order in the Countryside 223 Conclusion 275 Notes 293 Bibliography 369 Index 395

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Book SynopsisBy drawing on the social history of the social sciences, the sociology of scientific knowledge, and the ethnography of the State, these essays show how anthropology and state-building should be considered as intertwined processesTrade Review“Empires, Nations, and Natives is a refreshing collection, notable for the quality and depth of research into different ‘national anthropologies’ in Europe, the Americas, and South Africa, and for the ability of the authors and editors to bring out the linkages among such intellectual traditions. The book provokes important reflections on questions of empire, colonialism, cultural difference, democratic government, and the possibilities and constraints of the nation-state.”—Frederick Cooper, Professor of History, New York University, and author of Colonialism in Question: Theory, Knowledge, History“Empires, Nations, and Natives reflects an original conception of the ethnography of politics, attending imaginatively to the ethnographic and theoretical contexts in which anthropology sometimes enters (and sometimes eludes) the fields of political identity, agency, and change. It is also a valuable critical supplement to state theory.”—Carol Greenhouse, Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University, and coeditor of Ethnography in Unstable Places: Everyday Lives in Contexts of Dramatic Political Change“[T]his volume is an important contribution to contemporary debates over the part anthropology plays in the public sphere of nation-states. Its broad range highlights the international connections between empires and nation-states as well as between imperial and national anthropologies. It is a necessary reference for those interested in the intellectual and political history of our discipline from an anthropological perspective, for those interested in the anthropology of knowledge, and for those engaged in the critique of the postcolonial forms of neo-colonialism.” -- Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction: Anthropology and the Government of “Natives,” a Comparative Approach / Benoît de L’Estoile, Federico Neiburg, and Lygia Sigaud 1 Rationalizing Colonial Domination? Anthropology and Native Policy in French-Ruled Africa / Benoît de L’Estoile 30 “The Good-Hearted Portuguese People”: Anthropology of Nation, Anthropology of Empire / Omar Ribeiro Thomaz 58 Vichy France and the End of Scientific Folklore (1937–1954) / Florence Weber 88 From Nation to Empire: War and National Character Studies in the United States / Federico Neiburg and Marcio Goldman 108 Anthropology at the End of Empire: The Rise and Fall of the Colonial Social Sciences Research Council, 1944–1962 / David Mills 135 Bordering on Anthropology: Dialectics of a National Tradition in Mexico / Claudio Lomnitz 167 Indigenism in Brazil: The International Migration of State Policies / Antonio Carlos de Souza Lima 197 The Anthropologist as Expert: Brazilian Ethnology between Indianism and Indigenism / João Pacheco de Oliveira 223 Anthropology, Development, and Nongovernmental Organizations in Latin America / Jorge F. Pantaleón 248 The Ethnologist and the Architect: A Postcolonial Experiment in the French Pacific / Alban Bensa 263 “Today We Have Naming of Parts”: The Work of Anthropologists in Southern Africa / Adam Kuper 277 References 301 Contributors 327 Index 331

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Book SynopsisDevelops an historical argument with contemporary relevance - Empire abroad inevitably undermines democracy at home. Focusing on France and to a lesser extent on the United Kingdom, this title shows how empire and the post-colony have pervaded - and corroded - Western cultural, intellectual, and social life from the mid-19th century onwards.Trade Review“Herman Lebovics is one of the leading American cultural historians of France and a rare native of our shores whose work has been translated into French. People on both sides of the Atlantic will want to read these extremely interesting essays.”—Edward Berenson, Director of the Institute of French Studies, New York University“[T]his volume is an important collection from a prominent historian that contributes to the critical history of imperialism. . . . [I]t is a useful and significant book. Lebovics provides several sophisticated ways in which we can see the inter-related history of the colonies and the metropole. His approach is wide ranging, linking cultural developments to specific political moments and economic processes.” -- Michael G. Vann * Journal of Colonialism & Colonial History *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xix 1. Not the Right Stuff: Shrinking Colonial Administrators 1 2. Pierre Bourdieu’s Own Cultural Revolution 22 3. Jean Renoir’s Voyage of Discovery: From the Shores of the Mediterranean to the Banks of the Ganges 34 4. France’s Black Venus 60 5. John Locke, Imperialism, and the First Stage of Capitalism 87 6. Why, Suddenly, are the Americans Doing Cultural History 100 Afterword 113 Notes 121 Selected Works of American Cultural History Writing 155 Index 159

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Book SynopsisPresents a philosophical investigation of the human subject and its simultaneous implication in multiple and often contradictory ways of knowing. This title argues that there is still something profoundly vulnerable that is at stake in the practice of phenomenology.Trade Review“[A] compelling interrogation. . . .” - Christine M. Battista, Modern Fiction Studies“Radhakrishnan's great contribution in this book [is that] he shows that every proposition offered in the service of understanding the world is also a form of negation, and even the best intentions of theorists and poets may foreclose on the very generative potential of alterity, of the unfinished processes of becoming.” - Stephen M. Levin, MELUS“[A] work of noteworthy scholarship. Committed rigorously to the in-between space father than ‘the comfort and security of a monologic home’ (24), History, the Human and the World Between emblemizes intellectual cosmopolitanism with the author's existential respect for the particularity of humanity, poststructuralist critique of totalization, and a fervent pursuit of the dialogical relations between the compulsion to define and a learned conviction about the limitation of defining and definitions.” - Leilei Chen, Ariel“Highly recommended.” - K. M. Kapanga, Choice“History, the Human, and the World Between will certainly become a significant locus of theoretical discussion given R. Radhakrishnan’s remarkable ability to bring into conjunction lines and lineages of thought that are so often pursued discretely.”—David Lloyd, author of Ireland after History“In this provocative, enlightening theoretical exegesis, R. Radhakrishnan brings together a series of theorists—Frantz Fanon, Edward Said, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Martin Heidegger, Ranajit Guha, and David Harvey—who are rarely, if ever, examined in conjunction with each other. Maintaining a powerfully rigorous and lucid focus on the epistemological structures underlying their theories, Radhakrishnan brings them all to bear on the problematic relations between the human subject, history, temporality, and world created by the interaction between these. This is an excellent book.”—Abdul R. JanMohamed, author of The Death-Bound-Subject: Richard Wright’s Archaeology of Death“R. Radhakrishnan’s caring but critical engagement with the writings of Ranajit Guha and Edward Said—set in the background of some deep reflections on the intellectual heritage of poststructuralism—reinvigorates for our times the long-standing conversation between postcolonial critics and modern European thought. A stimulating contribution to contemporary debates.”—Dipesh Chakrabarty, author of Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference“A compelling interrogation. . . .” -- Christine M. Battista * Modern Fiction Studies *“A work of noteworthy scholarship. Committed rigorously to the in-between space father than ‘the comfort and security of a monologic home’ (24), History, the Human and the World Between emblemizes intellectual cosmopolitanism with the author's existential respect for the particularity of humanity, poststructuralist critique of totalization, and a fervent pursuit of the dialogical relations between the compulsion to define and a learned conviction about the limitation of defining and definitions.” -- Leilei Chen * ariel *“Highly recommended.” -- K. M. Kapanga * Choice *“Radhakrishnan's great contribution in this book [is that] he shows that every proposition offered in the service of understanding the world is also a form of negation, and even the best intentions of theorists and poets may foreclose on the very generative potential of alterity, of the unfinished processes of becoming.” -- Stephen M. Levin * MELUS *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Revisionism and the Subject of History 31 2. Edward Said and the Politics of Secular Humanism 115 3. Worldling, by Any Other Name 183 Notes 249 Works Cited 267 Index 281

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive investigation of new pluralism, William Connollys contributions to it, and its influence on the fields of political theory and international relations.Trade Review“This is an engaging collection of essays that provides an accessible introduction to William Connolly’s oeuvre, but its strength lies in the varied approaches the authors explore in responding to and problematizing aspects of his thought. It is highly recommended for graduate students and those academics interested in exploring Connolly’s ideas for the first time or critically reengaging them.” - Rosemary E. Shinko, International Studies Review“The New Pluralism. . .offers an unparalleled overview of this influential thinker.” - James Proctor, The Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory“The 11 essays demonstrate great appreciation for Connolly’s work, as well as the mode in which he reflected on contemporary politics. . . . Recommended.” - M. Coulter, Choice“A most welcome book. Due to his impressive and highly innovative string of writings, William Connolly has emerged as a leading, perhaps the leading, political theorist in the United States today. In our globalizing and multicultural world where cultures, ethnicities, and creeds are increasingly pushed together, his defense of a new and deep pluralism acquires an urgent timeliness. The contributors to the volume ably reveal both the wide range and the intense subtlety of Connolly’s work.”—Fred Dallmayr, Packey J. Dee Professor of Political Science and Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame“The New Pluralism. . .offers an unparalleled overview of this influential thinker.” -- James Proctor * Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory *“The 11 essays demonstrate great appreciation for Connolly’s work, as well as the mode in which he reflected on contemporary politics. . . . Recommended.” -- M. Coulter * Choice *“This is an engaging collection of essays that provides an accessible introduction to William Connolly’s oeuvre, but its strength lies in the varied approaches the authors explore in responding to and problematizing aspects of his thought. It is highly recommended for graduate students and those academics interested in exploring Connolly’s ideas for the first time or critically reengaging them.” -- Rosemary E. Shinko * International Studies Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Pluralism "Old" and "New" / Morton Schoolman and David Campbell 1 A Pluralist Mind: Agonistic Respect and the Problem of Violence Toward Difference / Morton Schoolman 17 Connolly's Voice / Thomas L. Dumm 62 The Time of Rights: Emergency Thoughts in an Emergency Setting / Bonnie Honig 85 Visualizing Post-National Democracy / Roland Bleiker 121 Uncertain Constellations: Dignity, Equality, Respect, and . . . ? / Stephen K. White 143 Prohibition and Transgression / George Kateb 167 Radicalizing Democratic Theory: Social Space in Connolly, Deleuze, and Rancière / Michael J. Shapiro 197 Theorizing Dyslexia with Connolly and Haraway / Kathy E. Ferguson 221 Sovereignty and the Return of the Repressed / Wendy Brown 250 Becoming Connolly: Critique, Crossing Over, and Concepts / James Der Derian 273 Identity, Difference, and the Global: William Connolly's International Theory / David Campbell 289 An Interview with William Connolly / Morton Schoolman and David Campbell 305 Bibliography 337 About the Contributors 349 Index 353

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Book SynopsisA leading political theorists impassioned call for the democratic left to counter the conservative stranglehold over American religious and economic culture.Trade Review“[T]his is classic William Connolly. It is fresh in theme and consistent in promoting his longstanding commitment to pluralism in this case with a programmatic twist outlining a visible way out of the American crisis of crony capitalism, apocalyptic evangelical doctrines, and environmental degradation.” - Tristan Sturm, Antipode“[A] tour de force. . . . [T]he book is not just about political theory, but it is also about a way forward.” - Jason Dittmer, Environment & Planning D: Society and Space“Written primarily from a political science perspective, Connolly’s identifications of the spiritual and religious dimensions that dominate economic discourse in the United States provides an insightful and rigorous study on topics that will be (and should be, according to [Stuart] Hall) of interest to cultural studies researchers.” - Holly Randell-Moon, Cultural Studies Review“This is a book that is a must read for anyone seeking to capture the rhizome of US Empire global capitalism and develop a counter-resonance of heterogeneous sub-discourses that express ‘pluripotentiality’ for a more equalitarian capitalism (p. 25). I would recommend this book as a blueprint for the Obama administration as it sets about the impossible task of disassembling the evangelical-cowboy capitalism resonance machine of vengeance and entitlement that has wrecked havoc on the global economy by its rampant deregulation, imbrication of Church and State, abolishment of civil liberties and using junk science to define global warming as leftist delusion against God’s more divine plan.” - David M. Boje, Critical Discourse Studies“I immensely enjoyed reading Capitalism and Christianity, American Style. William E. Connolly offers insight, innovation, and wisdom. He brings substantive theorizing to the pressing political concerns of the moment, providing a sense of momentum and sheer energy. This book is relevant, in the strongest sense.”—Nigel Thrift, author of Knowing Capitalism“In these times, we desperately need William E. Connolly’s impassioned study of inequality and the destruction of nature, his sheer awe at living-ness itself, his philosophy of immanent naturalism and deployment of the Deleuzian assemblage, and, especially, the interdisciplinary concreteness of his proposals for a resonance machine of resistance on the left. Along with Connolly’s description of an ethos, or spiritualization, of academic engagement, a key contribution of this book is to advance what has been dangerously lacking on the left, a powerful analytics of the right’s resonance machine and its recognition that the intellectual and the corporeal, the theological and the secular, never exist in purified, ‘clean’ categories.”—Linda Kintz, author of Between Jesus and the Market: The Emotions That Matter in Right-Wing America“William E. Connolly is a towering figure in contemporary political theory whose profound reflections on democracy, religion, and the tragic unsettle and enrich us. In this powerful work he casts his philosophical gaze on the internal dynamics of the American Empire—especially the role of Christian traditions and capitalist practices. The result is vintage Connolly, namely, indispensable!”—Cornel West, Princeton University“A tour de force. . . . The book is not just about political theory, but it is also about a way forward.” -- Jason Dittmer * Environment and Planning D *“[T]his is classic William Connolly. It is fresh in theme and consistent in promoting his longstanding commitment to pluralism in this case with a programmatic twist outlining a visible way out of the American crisis of crony capitalism, apocalyptic evangelical doctrines, and environmental degradation.” -- Tristan Sturm * Antipode *“This is a book that is a must read for anyone seeking to capture the rhizome of US Empire global capitalism and develop a counter-resonance of heterogeneous sub-discourses that express ‘pluripotentiality’ for a more equalitarian capitalism (p. 25). I would recommend this book as a blueprint for the Obama administration as it sets about the impossible task of disassembling the evangelical-cowboy capitalism resonance machine of vengeance and entitlement that has wrecked havoc on the global economy by its rampant deregulation, imbrication of Church and State, abolishment of civil liberties and using junk science to define global warming as leftist delusion against God’s more divine plan.” -- David M. Boje * Critical Discourse Studies *“Written primarily from a political science perspective, Connolly’s identifications of the spiritual and religious dimensions that dominate economic discourse in the United States provides an insightful and rigorous study on topics that will be (and should be, according to [Stuart] Hall) of interest to cultural studies researchers.” -- Holly Randell-Moon * Cultural Studies Review *Table of ContentsPreface vii Introduction: The Spirit of Capitalism 1 1. The Volatility of Capitalism 17 2. The Evangelical-Capitalist Resonance Machine 39 3. Between Science and Faith 69 4. Is Eco-egalitarian Capitalism Possible? 93 5. Christianity, Capitalism, and the Tragic 119 Notes 147 Index 169

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Book SynopsisFirst published in Spanish in 2006, Twenty Theses on Politics is a major statement on political philosophy from Enrique Dussel, one of Latin America’s—and the world’s—most important philosophers, and a founder of the philosophy of liberation. Synthesizing a half-century of his pioneering work in moral and political philosophy, Dussel presents a succinct rationale for the development of political alternatives to the exclusionary, exploitative institutions of neoliberal globalization. In twenty short, provocative theses he lays out the foundational elements for a politics of just and sustainable coexistence. Dussel first constructs a theory of political power and its institutionalization, taking on topics such as the purpose of politics and the fetishization of power. He insists that political projects must criticize or reject as unsustainable all political systems, actions, and institutions whose negative effects are suffered by oppressed or excluded Trade Review“Dussel is . . . probably the most important Marxian scholar of our era. . . . Twenty Theses on Politics reveals that, if anything and against the odds, politics as it is now being understood in Latin America has become the art of the possible. It is a short book, but may take a long time reading, mainly because of the depth of knowledge, insight and experience that Dussel has brought to bear in compiling it. In the language of the WSF itself, it represents a manifesto for a plural, diverse, non-governmental and non-partisan politics seeking a more solidary, democratic and fair world. It is perhaps the most important statement for many years of the degree to which de-colonial theory—and Latin America itself—is now providing a real source of intellectual leadership in debates that have floundered in the post-industrial world.” - Gavin O’Toole, Latin American Review of Books[T]hese 20 succinct theses take on the purpose of politics and the fetishization of power, the liberation praxis of movements, reform and revolution—while engaging with political projects like the World Social Forum, ultimately developing a moral and political foundation contrary to that of neoliberal globalization.” - NACLA“From his early work in ethics and the philosophy of liberation to his examination of the epochal events of 1492 in the Americas, Dussel has been a leading Latin American voice in the critical study of modernity. With Twenty Theses on Politics, he now embarks on what could well be his magnum opus. . . . [T]his book is relevant for us today because it defends the idea that an alternative to the status quo is indeed possible.” - Diego von Vacano, Perspectives on Politics“Dussel has convincingly brought a radical and ethically responsible understanding of ‘the political’ back to bear in political theory. This is a philosophy and politics of liberation grounded in a robust acknowledgment and understanding of ethics as first philosophy.” - Michael R. Paradiso-Michau, Radical Philosophy Review“From the pen of perhaps Latin America’s foremost philosopher of liberation comes this brilliant condensation by Enrique Dussel of his political philosophy. . . . [A] deft, disciplined intervention into English publication for philosophers and religious scholars. With bracing spirit and conceptual rigor, Dussel engage the global North from the struggle of the South. . .” - Mark Lewis Taylor, Journal of Religion“Twenty Theses on Politics is a groundbreaking manifesto charting new terrain toward de-colonial political philosophy and political theory. It is based on the experience and interpretation of current events in Latin America. There is nothing comparable.”—Walter D. Mignolo, author of The Idea of Latin America“Enrique Dussel is one of the giants of emancipatory thought and liberation philosophy. This grand text is a concise expression of his subtle analysis and courageous vision!”—Cornel West, Princeton University“Dussel has convincingly brought a radical and ethically responsible understanding of ‘the political’ back to bear in political theory. This is a philosophy and politics of liberation grounded in a robust acknowledgment and understanding of ethics as first philosophy.” -- Michael R. Paradiso-Michau * Radical Philosophy Review *“Dussel is . . . probably the most important Marxian scholar of our era. . . . Twenty Theses on Politics reveals that, if anything and against the odds, politics as it is now being understood in Latin America has become the art of the possible. It is a short book, but may take a long time reading, mainly because of the depth of knowledge, insight and experience that Dussel has brought to bear in compiling it. In the language of the WSF itself, it represents a manifesto for a plural, diverse, non-governmental and non-partisan politics seeking a more solidary, democratic and fair world. It is perhaps the most important statement for many years of the degree to which de-colonial theory—and Latin America itself—is now providing a real source of intellectual leadership in debates that have floundered in the post-industrial world.” -- Gavin O’Toole * Latin American Review of Books *“From his early work in ethics and the philosophy of liberation to his examination of the epochal events of 1492 in the Americas, Dussel has been a leading Latin American voice in the critical study of modernity. With Twenty Theses on Politics, he now embarks on what could well be his magnum opus. . . . [T]his book is relevant for us today because it defends the idea that an alternative to the status quo is indeed possible.” -- Diego von Vacano * Perspectives on Politics *“From the pen of perhaps Latin America’s foremost philosopher of liberation comes this brilliant condensation by Enrique Dussel of his political philosophy. . . . [A] deft, disciplined intervention into English publication for philosophers and religious scholars. With bracing spirit and conceptual rigor, Dussel engage the global North from the struggle of the South. . .” -- Mark Lewis Taylor * Journal of Religion *"These 20 succinct theses take on the purpose of politics and the fetishization of power, the liberation praxis of movements, reform and revolution—while engaging with political projects like the World Social Forum, ultimately developing a moral and political foundation contrary to that of neoliberal globalization.” * NACLA Report on the Americas *Table of ContentsForeword: The Liberation of Politics: Alterity, Solidarity, Liberation / Eduardo Mendieta vii Preliminary Words xv Introduction 1 Thesis 1. Corruption and the Political Field: The Public and the Private 3 Part One: The Prevailing Political Order Thesis 2. The Political Power of the Community as Potentia 13 Thesis 3. Institutional Power as Potestas 18 Thesis 4. Obediential Power 24 Thesis 5. The Fetishization of Power: Power as Domination 30 Thesis 6. Strategic Political Action 36 Thesis 7. The Need for Political Institutions: The Material Sphere (Ecological, Economic, Cultural): Fraternity 43 Thesis 8. Institutions in the Spheres of Democratic Legitimacy and Feasibility: Equality and Liberty: Governability 50 Thesis 9. Ethics and the Implicit Normative Principles of Politics: The Material Principle 56 Thesis 10. The Formal-Democratic and Feasibility Principles of Politics 62 Part Two: The Critical Transformation of the Political: Toward the New Political Order Thesis 11. The People: The Popular Sector and "Populism" 71 Thesis 12. Liberatory Power as Hyperpotentia and the "State of Rebellion" 78 Thesis 13. The Political Principles of Liberation: The Critical Material Principle 83 Thesis 14. The Critical-Democratic and Strategic Transformation Principles 88 Thesis 15. Liberation Praxis of Social and Political Movements 94 Thesis 16. Anti-Hegemonic Praxis and the Construction of a New Hegemony 103 Thesis 17. Transformation of Political Institutions: Reform, Transformation, Revolution: Political Postulates 108 Thesis 18. Transformation of Institutions in the Material Sphere: "Perpetual Life" and Solidarity 114 Thesis 19. Transformation of Institutions in the Sphere of Democratic Legitimacy: Irruption of New Rights: "Perpetual Peace" and Alterity 122 Thesis 20. Transformation of Institutions in the Sphere of Feasibility: The "Dissolution of the State"? Liberation 131 Notes 139 Bibliography 151 Index 155

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Book SynopsisA scholar of biblical studies and cultural theory develops a political myth for the Left based on foundational stories in the Bibles first six books, from Genesis through Joshua.Trade Review“Boer, who has created a fresh and refreshing form of Marxist criticism of biblical texts, here offers a first synthesis of his biblical interpretation. . . . In Boer, critical biblical scholarship has found a new and intelligent voice. His notion that Genesis to Joshua is a many-faceted work of political mythology is convincing and deserves further elaboration.” - International Review of Biblical Studies“Boer is at his best when he is hard at work showing the repression or contradictions inherent in particular myths (whether biblical, Australian, American, or capitalist). I had several ‘wow!’ moments as I was reading, particularly in the chapters on Australian and American discourses on Israel and on Milton Friedman. Boer has a gift for drawing the reader’s attention toabsurdity and making it seem obvious (how could we have missed it?!).” - Craig Martin, The Bible and Critical Theory“An eclectic work of biblical hermeneutics and political theology, Boer’s readings will undoubtedly be questioned by many but helpfully provoke conversation about the nature of political myth and the justifications for theologically informed political acts.” - Myles Werntz, Religious Studies Review“This book is a masterful discussion of political myth and a sophisticated reading of Genesis-Joshua as a political myth and the use of the logic of this myth in capitalist nations in general and Australia and the USA in particular. . . . Boer’s message needs to be heard. His strategy needs attention. His analysis of the Hexateuch needs to be studied. I highly recommend this book.” - Uriah Y. Kim, Reviews in Religion and Theology“As with his other works B. provides a coherent mix of biblical reading, modern theory and realpolitik.” - M. E. Mills, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament“Focusing on the Genesis–Joshua narrative as a foundational political myth, Roland Boer illuminates the incorporation of that myth into representations of Israel, the foreign policies of the United States and Australia, and their relations to Israel. Drawing on his expertise in biblical studies and critical theory, he deconstructs contemporary geopolitical discourse and argues for a new political myth of and for the Left.”—Fernando F. Segovia, author of Decolonizing Biblical Studies: A View from the Margins“How might the Left respond to the capitalist version of the biblical myth of the Land of unlimited plenty? Roland Boer demonstrates how a serious look at the Bible is unavoidable today when religion and myth have returned as topics of serious debate. Boer’s book provides the missing link between biblical studies and political theory.”—Jorunn Økland, Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo“An eclectic work of biblical hermeneutics and political theology, Boer’s readings will undoubtedly be questioned by many but helpfully provoke conversation about the nature of political myth and the justifications for theologically informed political acts.” -- Myles Werntz * Religious Studies Review *“As with his other works B. provides a coherent mix of biblical reading, modern theory and realpolitik.” -- M. E. Mills * Journal for the Study of the Old Testament *“Boer is at his best when he is hard at work showing the repression or contradictions inherent in particular myths (whether biblical, Australian, American, or capitalist). I had several ‘wow!’ moments as I was reading, particularly in the chapters on Australian and American discourses on Israel and on Milton Friedman. Boer has a gift for drawing the reader’s attention toabsurdity and making it seem obvious (how could we have missed it?!).” -- Craig Martin * Bible and Critical Theory *“Boer, who has created a fresh and refreshing form of Marxist criticism of biblical texts, here offers a first synthesis of his biblical interpretation. . . . In Boer, critical biblical scholarship has found a new and intelligent voice. His notion that Genesis to Joshua is a many-faceted work of political mythology is convincing and deserves further elaboration.” * International Review of Biblical Studies *“This book is a masterful discussion of political myth and a sophisticated reading of Genesis-Joshua as a political myth and the use of the logic of this myth in capitalist nations in general and Australia and the USA in particular. . . . Boer’s message needs to be heard. His strategy needs attention. His analysis of the Hexateuch needs to be studied. I highly recommend this book.” -- Uriah Y. Kim * Reviews in Religion and Theology *Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction 1 1. Toward a Theory of Political Myth 9 2. Women First? On the Legacy of "Primitive Communism" 36 3. The Fantasy of Myth 62 4. The Sacred Economy 89 5. Foreign Policy and the Fantasy of Israel in Australia 116 6. Christianity, Capitalism, and the Fantasy of Israel in the United States 144 7. Mythmaking for the Left 168 Conclusion 189 Appendix 193 Notes 213 Bibliography 227 Indexes 245

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Book SynopsisA scholar of biblical studies and cultural theory develops a political myth for the Left based on foundational stories in the Bibles first six books, from Genesis through Joshua.Trade Review“Boer, who has created a fresh and refreshing form of Marxist criticism of biblical texts, here offers a first synthesis of his biblical interpretation. . . . In Boer, critical biblical scholarship has found a new and intelligent voice. His notion that Genesis to Joshua is a many-faceted work of political mythology is convincing and deserves further elaboration.” - International Review of Biblical Studies“Boer is at his best when he is hard at work showing the repression or contradictions inherent in particular myths (whether biblical, Australian, American, or capitalist). I had several ‘wow!’ moments as I was reading, particularly in the chapters on Australian and American discourses on Israel and on Milton Friedman. Boer has a gift for drawing the reader’s attention toabsurdity and making it seem obvious (how could we have missed it?!).” - Craig Martin, The Bible and Critical Theory“An eclectic work of biblical hermeneutics and political theology, Boer’s readings will undoubtedly be questioned by many but helpfully provoke conversation about the nature of political myth and the justifications for theologically informed political acts.” - Myles Werntz, Religious Studies Review“This book is a masterful discussion of political myth and a sophisticated reading of Genesis-Joshua as a political myth and the use of the logic of this myth in capitalist nations in general and Australia and the USA in particular. . . . Boer’s message needs to be heard. His strategy needs attention. His analysis of the Hexateuch needs to be studied. I highly recommend this book.” - Uriah Y. Kim, Reviews in Religion and Theology“As with his other works B. provides a coherent mix of biblical reading, modern theory and realpolitik.” - M. E. Mills, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament“Focusing on the Genesis–Joshua narrative as a foundational political myth, Roland Boer illuminates the incorporation of that myth into representations of Israel, the foreign policies of the United States and Australia, and their relations to Israel. Drawing on his expertise in biblical studies and critical theory, he deconstructs contemporary geopolitical discourse and argues for a new political myth of and for the Left.”—Fernando F. Segovia, author of Decolonizing Biblical Studies: A View from the Margins“How might the Left respond to the capitalist version of the biblical myth of the Land of unlimited plenty? Roland Boer demonstrates how a serious look at the Bible is unavoidable today when religion and myth have returned as topics of serious debate. Boer’s book provides the missing link between biblical studies and political theory.”—Jorunn Økland, Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo“An eclectic work of biblical hermeneutics and political theology, Boer’s readings will undoubtedly be questioned by many but helpfully provoke conversation about the nature of political myth and the justifications for theologically informed political acts.” -- Myles Werntz * Religious Studies Review *“As with his other works B. provides a coherent mix of biblical reading, modern theory and realpolitik.” -- M. E. Mills * Journal for the Study of the Old Testament *“Boer is at his best when he is hard at work showing the repression or contradictions inherent in particular myths (whether biblical, Australian, American, or capitalist). I had several ‘wow!’ moments as I was reading, particularly in the chapters on Australian and American discourses on Israel and on Milton Friedman. Boer has a gift for drawing the reader’s attention toabsurdity and making it seem obvious (how could we have missed it?!).” -- Craig Martin * Bible and Critical Theory *“Boer, who has created a fresh and refreshing form of Marxist criticism of biblical texts, here offers a first synthesis of his biblical interpretation. . . . In Boer, critical biblical scholarship has found a new and intelligent voice. His notion that Genesis to Joshua is a many-faceted work of political mythology is convincing and deserves further elaboration.” * International Review of Biblical Studies *“This book is a masterful discussion of political myth and a sophisticated reading of Genesis-Joshua as a political myth and the use of the logic of this myth in capitalist nations in general and Australia and the USA in particular. . . . Boer’s message needs to be heard. His strategy needs attention. His analysis of the Hexateuch needs to be studied. I highly recommend this book.” -- Uriah Y. Kim * Reviews in Religion and Theology *Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction 1 1. Toward a Theory of Political Myth 9 2. Women First? On the Legacy of "Primitive Communism" 36 3. The Fantasy of Myth 62 4. The Sacred Economy 89 5. Foreign Policy and the Fantasy of Israel in Australia 116 6. Christianity, Capitalism, and the Fantasy of Israel in the United States 144 7. Mythmaking for the Left 168 Conclusion 189 Appendix 193 Notes 213 Bibliography 227 Indexes 245

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Book SynopsisAn argument, based in Christian theology and critical social theory, that money is the religion of the contemporary world: economic valuation has trumped moral evaluation.Trade Review“Recommended. Graduate students and faculty/researchers.” - F. G. Kirkpatrick, Choice“Goodchild has provided a powerful example of forgiveness as the creation of new value. His account of money puts great demands on our ability to think creatively about money and about value. His tremendously invigorating political, economic and theological proposals for transforming credit in society could produce many important and needed transformations. Such transformations are absolutely necessary if we are going to live in a world where life has many possibilities and people live their lives with wealth. . .” - Char Roone Miller, Theory & Event“Goodchild’s work is a tour de force of conceptual analysis, engaging A. Smith and C. Schmitt among others, en route to arguing that theology must counter the conscription of time, attention, and demands made by money with its own vision of social existence.” - Myles Werntz, Religious Studies Review“Theology of Money by Philip Goodchild is a densely argued and multilayered treatise that excavates the theological power incarnated in the global monetary system. . . . There is a lot to learn from in this book.” - Review of Politics“Philip Goodchild is the most constructive and original philosopher ofreligion in the UK. . . . What Goodchild offers is both a critique of money and a theology of money, and part of what makes this book so fascinating is the significance of calling what he is doing here a theology of money as opposed to simply a critique of money. . . . Theology of Money . . . sketches a radical theological vision of credit that promises the potential for a future theology as well as a future humanity. . . . [Goodchild] provides vital resources of thought and capital for theological and practical human beings to put to work.” - Clayton Crockett, Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory“The power of the analysis, the energy of the text, the passions it excites in the reader, and its call upon us to think beyond the limits in which most philosophical, theological, economic, and cultural thought is enclosed make Theology of Money an indispensable book.”—William E. Connolly, author of Capitalism and Christianity, American Style“Well written and very well researched, Theology of Money is a remarkable and very important book; there is nothing else like it currently in print. Philip Goodchild’s thesis is, in a way, startlingly simple: the universal sway of money exists instead of a universal sway of an ethics and a religion.”—Catherine Pickstock, co-editor of Radical Orthodoxy: A New Theology“Theology of Money by Philip Goodchild is a densely argued and multilayered treatise that excavates the theological power incarnated in the global monetary system. . . . There is a lot to learn from in this book.” * Review of Politics *“Goodchild has provided a powerful example of forgiveness as the creation of new value. His account of money puts great demands on our ability to think creatively about money and about value. His tremendously invigorating political, economic and theological proposals for transforming credit in society could produce many important and needed transformations. Such transformations are absolutely necessary if we are going to live in a world where life has many possibilities and people live their lives with wealth. . .” -- Char Roone Miller * Theory & Event *“Goodchild’s work is a tour de force of conceptual analysis, engaging A. Smith and C. Schmitt among others, en route to arguing that theology must counter the conscription of time, attention, and demands made by money with its own vision of social existence.” -- Myles Werntz * Religious Studies Review *“Philip Goodchild is the most constructive and original philosopher of religion in the UK. . . . What Goodchild offers is both a critique of money and a theology of money, and part of what makes this book so fascinating is the significance of calling what he is doing here a theology of money as opposed to simply a critique of money. . . . Theology of Money . . . sketches a radical theological vision of credit that promises the potential for a future theology as well as a future humanity. . . . [Goodchild] provides vital resources of thought and capital for theological and practical human beings to put to work.” -- Clayton Crockett * Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory *“Recommended. Graduate students and faculty/researchers.” -- F. G. Kirkpatrick * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface to the U.S. Edition xi Introduction 1 Part. I. Of Politics 1. Power 29 2. The End of Modernity 43 Part II. A Treatise on Money 3. Ecology of Money 73 4. Politics of Money 123 5. Theology of Money 165 Part III. Of Theology 6. Metaphysics and Credit 201 7. The Price of Credit 225 8. A Modest Proposal: Evaluative Credit 241 Conclusion. Of Redemption 257 Notes 263 Bibliography 281 Index 293

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Book SynopsisA collection that examines the work of cultural and political theorist Jacques Ranciere.Trade Review“Each chapter in this volume is an engaging and valuable critical engagement with Rancière, and, while the book as a whole makes a persuasive case for a thorough and urgent reading of Rancière’s work, it is also a useful critical supplement to it.” - Patrick Ffrench, French Studies“This timely collection of essays should finally jump-start the English-speaking conversation about the work of Jacques Rancière, one of the most innovative political philosophers now writing. His method of equality, his contrast of a stable ‘police’ order with ‘the political’ as an interruption of that order by those invisible within it, and his idea that both politics and art involve modes of distributing/partitioning the sensible together form a unique constellation of radical political thinking.”—J. M. Bernstein, New School for Social Research“What makes this volume the book that everyone interested in Jacques Rancière has to have is its incomparable roster of contributors. Rancière himself sets a standard of intellectual seriousness, and the contributors honor him by wrestling strenuously with his thought. They illuminate the trajectory of that thought and the connections between the historian of class and the philosopher of equality, the thinker of politics and the thinker of aesthetics. You can see why Rancière is one of the few French thinkers creating an ever greater excitement in North America.”—Bruce Robbins, author of Upward Mobility and the Common Good: Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State“It contextualises Rancière's work in a way that one cannot achieve through reading him directly, offering a companion to his core writings. In addition nearly all of the pieces infuse Rancière's work with a sense of urgency and timelessness that can often be lost in volumes focused on a single thinker. . . . An impressive and much-needed discussion of Rancière’s thought and should prove invaluable to those with an interest in his work.” -- Robert Glover * Political Studies Review *“Each chapter in this volume is an engaging and valuable critical engagement with Rancière, and, while the book as a whole makes a persuasive case for a thorough and urgent reading of Rancière’s work, it is also a useful critical supplement to it.” -- Patrick French * French Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Jacques Rancière: Penseur de l'envers / Gabriel Rockhill and Phil Watts Part One: History 1. Historicizing Untimeliness / Kristen Ross 2. The Lessons of Jacques Rancière: Knowledge and Power after the Storm / Alain Badiou 3. Sophisticated Continuities and Historical Discontinuities, Or, Why Not Protagoras? / Eric Méchoulan 4. The Classics and Critical Theory in Postmodern France: The Case of Jacques Rancière / Giuseppina Mecchia 5. Rancière and Metaphysics / Jean-Luc Nancy Part Two: Politics 6. What is Political Philosophy? Contextual Notes / Étienne Balibar 7. Rancière in South Carolina / Todd May 8. Political Agency and the Ambivalence of the Sensible / Yves Citton 9. Staging Equality: Rancière's Theatrocracy and the Limits of Anarchic Equality / Peter Hallward 10. Rancière's Leftism, Or, Politics and Its Discontents / Bruno Bosteels 11. Jacques Rancière's Ethical Turn and the Thinking of Discontents / Solange Guénoun Part Three. Aesthetics 12. The Politics of Aesthetics: Political History and the Hermeneutics of Art / Gabriel Rockhill 13. Cinema and Its Discontents / Tom Conley 14. Politicizing Art in Rancière and Deleuze: The Case of Postcolonial Literature / Raji Vallury 15. Impossible Speech Acts: Jacques Rancière's Erich Auerbach / Andrew Parker 16. Style indirect libre / James Swenson Afterword: The Method of Equality: An Answer to Some Questions / Jacques Rancière

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Book SynopsisAn argument that in the era of globalization, survival—outlasting the uncertainties and threats of a precarious future—has supplanted harmonious coexistence as the primary goal of politics.Trade Review“...The Politics of Survival contains some fascinating discussions...it provides a fresh look at the preoccupation with living and surviving in uncertain times, and is therefore worth reading by students of contemporary political studies.” - Akin Akinwumi, Political Studies Review“Marc Abélès is one of the foremost anthropological specialists on the study of contemporary politics, and The Politics of Survival is a brilliant book. Abélès’s distinctly European take on issues of globalization will be extraordinarily valuable for a U.S. readership.”—George Marcus, coauthor of Designs for an Anthropology of the Future“This thoughtful essay on The Politics of Survival offers a new perspective on the relationship between survival, security, governmentality and what Marc Abélès calls the accelerating ‘dearth of the future’. By boldly comparing the central debates about welfare and solidarity in the European Union with a close reading of divine kingship in Africa, Abélès is able to suggest new perspectives on the future of sovereignty, the new sacrality of non-governmental organizations, the function of the discourse of human rights and the general climate of precaution that characterize global politics. This book will be of equal interest to anthropologists, political theorists and all scholars concerned with the nature and future of utopian thinking.”—Arjun Appadurai, author of Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger“The contribution of this book lies primarily in the opening up of an important new field of enquiry: what happens to politics, to democracy, to the relationship between the individual and the state, when survival is reframed as a political agenda? This book goes well beyond the dichotomous trade-off between liberty and security to show, instead, how politics itself is changed through discourses of fear and survival, a change that we are likely to be analysing for years to come.” -- Marianne Maeckelbergh * Anthropological Forum *Table of ContentsTranslator's Note ix Preface to the English Edition xi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 1. The End of Brilliance That the Future Will Bring 21 2. Globalization and the State: A False Debate? 41 3. Virtual Europe, a Space of Uncertainty 57 4. Understanding the Displacement of Politics: From Convivance to Survival 87 5. A Necessary Detour 125 6. From Power to Humanity 143 7. The Economy of Survival 161 8. Toward a Global Politics 189 Conclusion 207 Bibliography 211 Index 219

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Book SynopsisDemonstrates that in the early English colonies in North America, constitutional thought and practice were more diverse than historians and political theorists have thought.Trade Review“In Hybrid Constitutions, Vicki Hsueh challenges the prevailing tendency in political theory to find in early-modern European colonialism the origins of modern liberalism’s exclusions and inclination toward uniformity. Through her detailed analyses of charters, constitutions, and treaties, she shows that colonial encounters—including encounters and negotiations among Europeans themselves, as well as between Europeans and Native Americans—were much more complex, contingent, and contested than broad-brush accounts would imply. This subtle and impressive book will be important for colonial historians and political theorists alike.” —David Armitage, author of The Declaration of Independence: A Global History“[S]ignificant and exciting. . .offer[s] compelling readings of important texts and thinkers, and suggest[s] whole new trajectories of research linking the American past and present to an evolving American future.” -- Andrew R. Murphy * Perspectives on Politics *“Hybrid Constitutions is very clearly written and provides a succinct and interesting overview of selected early constitutions and charters and historical writing about them that initiates an important debate. As an introduction to this literature and an intervention into colonial and sovereignty studies Hsueh's book is a helpful resource.” -- Jacqueline Stevens * Theory & Event *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii 1. Hybrid Constitutionalisms: Unsettling the Empire of Uniformity 1 2. "Not Repugnant or Contrary": Law, Discretion, and Colonial Founding 25 3. Giving Orders: Theory and Practice in the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina 55 4. Under Negotiation: Treaty Power and Hybrid Constitutionalism in Pennsylvania 83 5. Negotiating Culture: Plurality and Power in Hybrid Constitutionalism 113 Notes 135 Bibliography 163 Index

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Book SynopsisA leading proponent of knowledge exchanges within East Asia and of an international cultural studies insists that those on both sides of the imperial divide must assess the conduct, motives, and consequences of imperialism.Trade Review“This book is not difficult to read and if you want to tap into some very contemporaneous thoughts on Asian political and economic issues in relation to the colonized subject, and the colonizing subject, then I venture to say this book will exceed your expectations. I found it rich and emotional, and extremely useful for thoughts on Inter-Asian concerns. It is especially relevant for us all as we live within the forces of globalisation, and in the Asian region, and for Australians as colonized and imperialised subjects. . . . I can highly recommend this book to all who are involved in Asian Studies.“ - Be Ryan, M/C Reviews“Asia as Method offers a historically urgent constellation of theoretical questions, research trajectories, and political imperatives for scholars, students, activists, writers, filmmakers, and other media workers living in or affiliated with East Asia. The method in Asia as Method is not a something that should be confined to the classroom or research institute, but needs to be put into practice in our everyday dreams and struggles.” - John R. Eperjesi, TransReview“[An] ambitious and fascinating book. . . . Chen’s book is as much achallenge to Asian scholars in Asia as it is to those based in Europe and the USA.” - Thomas Radice, Journal of Intercultural Studies“Chen Kuanhsing has produced a work that should galvanize a generation of Asian scholars to debate and ponder the meaning and direction of Asia at a time when regionalization produces many challenges and moral complexities for society.” - Prasenjit Duara, International Journal of Asian Studies“Asia as Method is a book of genuinely international importance. It is a significant intellectual achievement and a major breakthrough for the definition and legitimation of the disciplinary practice of cultural studies worldwide.”—Meaghan Morris, Lingnan University (Hong Kong) and University of Sydney (Australia)“Kuan-Hsing Chen has attempted something both familiar and unusual. His book takes the old slogan of decolonization seriously and evaluates its achievements in different Asian contexts. But it also calls for continuing efforts against imperialism and the cold war, acknowledging the force of nationalism as an ally but not reposing faith in it. Asia as Method signals a new direction in cultural studies.”—Partha Chatterjee, Columbia University“Kuan-Hsing Chen is one of a handful of scholars leading the whole project of ‘internationalizing’ cultural studies—an endeavor which has positively and irrevocably transformed the cultural studies project itself.”—Stuart Hall, Professor Emeritus, The Open University“An ambitious and fascinating book. . . . Chen’s book is as much a challenge to Asian scholars in Asia as it is to those based in Europe and the USA.” -- Thomas Radice * Journal of Intercultural Studies *“Chen Kuanhsing has produced a work that should galvanize a generation of Asian scholars to debate and ponder the meaning and direction of Asia at a time when regionalization produces many challenges and moral complexities for society.” -- Prasenjit Duara * International Journal of Asian Studies *“This book is not difficult to read and if you want to tap into some very contemporaneous thoughts on Asian political and economic issues in relation to the colonized subject, and the colonizing subject, then I venture to say this book will exceed your expectations. I found it rich and emotional, and extremely useful for thoughts on Inter-Asian concerns. It is especially relevant for us all as we live within the forces of globalisation, and in the Asian region, and for Australians as colonized and imperialised subjects. . . . I can highly recommend this book to all who are involved in Asian Studies.“ -- Be Ryan * M/C Reviews *“Asia as Method offers a historically urgent constellation of theoretical questions, research trajectories, and political imperatives for scholars, students, activists, writers, filmmakers, and other media workers living in or affiliated with East Asia. The method in Asia as Method is not a something that should be confined to the classroom or research institute, but needs to be put into practice in our everyday dreams and struggles.” -- John R. Eperjesi * TransReview *Table of ContentsPreface vi Introduction: Globalization and Deimperialization 1 1. The Imperialist Eye: The Discourse of the Southward Advance and the Subimperial Imaginary 17 2. Decolonization: A Geocolonial Historical Materialism 65 3. De-Cold War: The Im/possibility of "Great Reconciliation" 115 4. Deimperialization: Club 51 and the Imperialist Assumption of Democracy 161 5. Asia as Method: Overcoming the Present Conditions of Knowledge Production 211 Epilogue: The Imperial Order of Things, or Notes on Han Chinese Racism 257 Notes 269 Special Terms 287 Bibligraphy 291 Index 305

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Book SynopsisAn argument that the people, the legitimate ground of public authority in the United States, are not a coherent or sanctioned collective; rather, they exist as an effect of successful claims to speak on their behalf.Trade Review“Constituent Moments is the best book on the founding of the United States to have been written in several generations. Jason Frank goes beyond American political history, opening an old question from the Leviathan: ‘The People: What?’ This question is at the heart of democratic sovereignty. Jason Frank's careful attention to canonical political theory and his attentive study of those who acted in the name of the people enables him to follow, as few could, in the footsteps of Thomas Hobbes. This is a genuinely brilliant book.”—Anne Norton, author of Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire“Jason Frank has written an essential work of scholarship, a book that is destined to become a primary resource for democratic theorists, scholars of American political thought, historians of the postrevolutionary era, and anyone else who is interested in seeing the politics of democratic revolution in a new light.”—Thomas Dumm, author of A Politics of the Ordinary”’The people is a political claim,’ says Jason Frank in this magnificent book. If that claim has power that is because American democracy is the beneficiary of a ‘constitutive surplus inherited from the revolutionary era.’ Frank adds to the surplus by tracking, mobilizing, enhancing the slippage between the people as fact and aspiration, fragmentation and ideal. Attentive to imagination, representation, and voice, he finds new resources for democratic theory in both Hannah Arendt and the crowds she mistrusted, in Whitman's homoerotic poetry but also in its (re)production, in the gothic conundra of voice and representation explored by Brown novelistically and by Rancière theoretically. Cutting across genres usually segmented by disciplinary division, Frank's text is rich in historical detail and theoretical nuance. A must-read for anyone interested in democratic theory, sexuality studies, racial politics, political theology and new realist approaches to the politics of citizenship.”—Bonnie Honig, author of Emergency Politics: Paradox, Law, DemocracyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Constituent Moments 1 1. Revolution and Reiteration: Hannah Arendt's Critique of Constituent Power 41 2. Crowds and Communication: Representation and Voice in Postrevolutionary America 67 3. Sympathy and Separation: Benjamin Rush and the Contagious Public 101 4. Spaces of Insurgent Citizenship: Theorizing the Democratic-Republican Societies 128 5. Hearing Voices: Imagination and Authority in Wieland 156 6. Aesthetic Democracy: Walt Whitman and the Poetry of the People 182 7. Staging Dissensus: Frederick Douglass and "We the People" 209 Conclusion: Prospective Time 237 Notes 255 Bibliography 301 Index 331

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Book SynopsisA leading proponent of knowledge exchanges within East Asia and of an international cultural studies insists that those on both sides of the imperial divide must assess the conduct, motives, and consequences of imperialism.Trade Review“This book is not difficult to read and if you want to tap into some very contemporaneous thoughts on Asian political and economic issues in relation to the colonized subject, and the colonizing subject, then I venture to say this book will exceed your expectations. I found it rich and emotional, and extremely useful for thoughts on Inter-Asian concerns. It is especially relevant for us all as we live within the forces of globalisation, and in the Asian region, and for Australians as colonized and imperialised subjects. . . . I can highly recommend this book to all who are involved in Asian Studies.“ - Be Ryan, M/C Reviews“Asia as Method offers a historically urgent constellation of theoretical questions, research trajectories, and political imperatives for scholars, students, activists, writers, filmmakers, and other media workers living in or affiliated with East Asia. The method in Asia as Method is not a something that should be confined to the classroom or research institute, but needs to be put into practice in our everyday dreams and struggles.” - John R. Eperjesi, TransReview“[An] ambitious and fascinating book. . . . Chen’s book is as much achallenge to Asian scholars in Asia as it is to those based in Europe and the USA.” - Thomas Radice, Journal of Intercultural Studies“Chen Kuanhsing has produced a work that should galvanize a generation of Asian scholars to debate and ponder the meaning and direction of Asia at a time when regionalization produces many challenges and moral complexities for society.” - Prasenjit Duara, International Journal of Asian Studies“Asia as Method is a book of genuinely international importance. It is a significant intellectual achievement and a major breakthrough for the definition and legitimation of the disciplinary practice of cultural studies worldwide.”—Meaghan Morris, Lingnan University (Hong Kong) and University of Sydney (Australia)“Kuan-Hsing Chen has attempted something both familiar and unusual. His book takes the old slogan of decolonization seriously and evaluates its achievements in different Asian contexts. But it also calls for continuing efforts against imperialism and the cold war, acknowledging the force of nationalism as an ally but not reposing faith in it. Asia as Method signals a new direction in cultural studies.”—Partha Chatterjee, Columbia University“Kuan-Hsing Chen is one of a handful of scholars leading the whole project of ‘internationalizing’ cultural studies—an endeavor which has positively and irrevocably transformed the cultural studies project itself.”—Stuart Hall, Professor Emeritus, The Open University“An ambitious and fascinating book. . . . Chen’s book is as much a challenge to Asian scholars in Asia as it is to those based in Europe and the USA.” -- Thomas Radice * Journal of Intercultural Studies *“Chen Kuanhsing has produced a work that should galvanize a generation of Asian scholars to debate and ponder the meaning and direction of Asia at a time when regionalization produces many challenges and moral complexities for society.” -- Prasenjit Duara * International Journal of Asian Studies *“This book is not difficult to read and if you want to tap into some very contemporaneous thoughts on Asian political and economic issues in relation to the colonized subject, and the colonizing subject, then I venture to say this book will exceed your expectations. I found it rich and emotional, and extremely useful for thoughts on Inter-Asian concerns. It is especially relevant for us all as we live within the forces of globalisation, and in the Asian region, and for Australians as colonized and imperialised subjects. . . . I can highly recommend this book to all who are involved in Asian Studies.“ -- Be Ryan * M/C Reviews *“Asia as Method offers a historically urgent constellation of theoretical questions, research trajectories, and political imperatives for scholars, students, activists, writers, filmmakers, and other media workers living in or affiliated with East Asia. The method in Asia as Method is not a something that should be confined to the classroom or research institute, but needs to be put into practice in our everyday dreams and struggles.” -- John R. Eperjesi * TransReview *Table of ContentsPreface vi Introduction: Globalization and Deimperialization 1 1. The Imperialist Eye: The Discourse of the Southward Advance and the Subimperial Imaginary 17 2. Decolonization: A Geocolonial Historical Materialism 65 3. De-Cold War: The Im/possibility of "Great Reconciliation" 115 4. Deimperialization: Club 51 and the Imperialist Assumption of Democracy 161 5. Asia as Method: Overcoming the Present Conditions of Knowledge Production 211 Epilogue: The Imperial Order of Things, or Notes on Han Chinese Racism 257 Notes 269 Special Terms 287 Bibligraphy 291 Index 305

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Book SynopsisA historical and philosophical argument that the classification of humans into racial categories or binaries of self-other is a product of modernity.Trade Review“’To suggest that history can be unmade’ might be a light undertaking were it really just a suggestion. In Vanita Seth’s exciting work of comparative political theory, the suggestion is not merely made but shown to be a real possibility given her meticulous, complex, and perceptive reading of the production of racial difference over roughly four hundred years of European thought.” - Mindy Peden, Theory and Event“Vanita Seth’s Europe’s Indians is an intellectual history of the highest order. . . . Europe’s Indians is a sophisticated and intellectually courageous work that significantly contributes to the intellectual history of Europe’s encounter with the rest of the world. . . . [S]cholars of European thought and colonial encounters must give this work serious consideration for its sophisticated and original analysis.” - Charles V. Reed, Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians“Seth has synthesized an impressive range of materials to generate a wide-ranging, compelling, and important analysis.” - Kevin Bruyneel, Perspectives on Politics“Seth provides intriguing material for scholars studying European ways of thinking about difference. She puts her finger on a fundamental conundrum within the historiography of European race: how can all within a nation,a continent, or any other group whose members seem to share a physical quality be alike despite myriad ostensible differences, while other peoples with an equal share of myriad differences are perceived as so fundamentally different?” - Joshua Goode, American Historical Review“Seth’s knowledge of the literatures of postmodernism and postcolonialism is comprehensive and illuminating, and her diverse readings of historical texts, myths, legends and systems of thought and reasoning provides innumerable insights into the shifts in European bodies of knowledge.” - Ethnicity and Race in a Changing World“In this original and exciting work, Vanita Seth shows how European ways of knowing changed and how as they changed, certain ‘truths’ were established, verified, habituated, and naturalized, so that the previous way of knowing was occluded and rendered unthinkable. Moving from a history of science into political theory, shifting from a European philosophical tradition into questions of postcolonialism, and historically specifying in new ways the question of race as a very modern invention, Seth makes an enormous contribution.”—Pal Ahluwalia, author of Out of Africa: Post-structuralism’s Colonial Roots“Vanita Seth offers both a novel understanding of how difference is represented in early and high modern European political thought and a compelling new way to theorize difference. This is politically motivated scholarship at its finest—probing, learned, meticulous, interdisciplinary, imaginative and fearlessly critical.”—Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley“’To suggest that history can be unmade’ might be a light undertaking were it really just a suggestion. In Vanita Seth’s exciting work of comparative political theory, the suggestion is not merely made but shown to be a real possibility given her meticulous, complex, and perceptive reading of the production of racial difference over roughly four hundred years of European thought.” -- Mindy Peden * Theory & Event *“Seth has synthesized an impressive range of materials to generate a wide-ranging, compelling, and important analysis.” -- Kevin Bruyneel * Perspectives on Politics *“Seth provides intriguing material for scholars studying European ways of thinking about difference. She puts her finger on a fundamental conundrum within the historiography of European race: how can all within a nation,a continent, or any other group whose members seem to share a physical quality be alike despite myriad ostensible differences, while other peoples with an equal share of myriad differences are perceived as so fundamentally different?” -- Joshua Goode * American Historical Review *“Seth’s knowledge of the literatures of postmodernism and postcolonialism is comprehensive and illuminating, and her diverse readings of historical texts, myths, legends and systems of thought and reasoning provides innumerable insights into the shifts in European bodies of knowledge.” * Ethnicity and Race in a Changing World *“Vanita Seth’s Europe’s Indians is an intellectual history of the highest order. . . . Europe’s Indians is a sophisticated and intellectually courageous work that significantly contributes to the intellectual history of Europe’s encounter with the rest of the world. . . . [S]cholars of European thought and colonial encounters must give this work serious consideration for its sophisticated and original analysis.” -- Charles V. Reed * Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Self and Similitude: Renaissance Representations of the New World 19 2. "Constructing" Individuals and "Creating" History: Subjectivity in Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau 61 3. Traditions of History: Mapping India's Past 119 4. Of Monsters and Man: The Peculiar History of Race 173 Epilogue 227 Notes 233 Bibliography 259 Index 279

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Book SynopsisArgues for understanding Badiou's thought as a revival of dialectical materialismTrade Review“If it is, by definition, unfair to expect critical theory to respond at the level of direct relevancy to the current conjuncture – if, indeed, such an imperative would dilute the very critical potency that makes the best critical writing transcend the immediate context of its composition – the circumstances of philosophical production and reception should, nonetheless, figure more in our reading, should trouble us more even as we learn from the ‘stars’ of the current philosophical firmament. Those circumstances – institutional, economic, academic – form the ambient frame through which Bosteels’ luminously written reflections on Badiou’s political philosophy should be read.” - Tom Eyers, Marx and Philosophy Review of Books“Politics is a tough topic to tackle on any level. Badiou is a tough thinker to engage with. Bosteels unites, complements, and distinguishes both in his 436-page book working through the theories of a thinker who himself is grappling directly with politics: politics as an event, politics as being, and politics as one of four truth procedures defining the subject.” - Kevin D. Kuswa, Culture Machine“Bruno Bosteels’s fine book restores the political and philosophical context of Alain Badiou’s lifework, and shows in particular how he has aimed at completing all the great unfinished problems of contemporary theory, particularly those of Althusser and Lacan. Not only does it serve as a useful introduction to a complex and many-faceted thinker, it also makes it possible for us to grasp some of the debates of the 1960s in a far more comprehensive way than before.”—Fredric R. Jameson, Duke University“The most eagerly awaited book on Alain Badiou’s political thought yet written, Bruno Bosteels’s study is in a class of its own in every respect, remarkable as much for its enthusiasm and commitment as for its insight and precision, its depth of analysis and extraordinary breadth of reference. Badiou and Politics not only tracks the full course of Badiou’s own distinctive post-Maoist trajectory in meticulous detail, it also provides an incisive and illuminating discussion of virtually the whole field of emancipatory theoretical engagement after Sartre.”—Peter Hallward, author of Badiou: A Subject to Truth“If it is, by definition, unfair to expect critical theory to respond at the level of direct relevancy to the current conjuncture – if, indeed, such an imperative would dilute the very critical potency that makes the best critical writing transcend the immediate context of its composition – the circumstances of philosophical production and reception should, nonetheless, figure more in our reading, should trouble us more even as we learn from the ‘stars’ of the current philosophical firmament. Those circumstances – institutional, economic, academic – form the ambient frame through which Bosteels’ luminously written reflections on Badiou’s political philosophy should be read.” -- Tom Eyers * Marx & Philosophy Review of Books *“Politics is a tough topic to tackle on any level. Badiou is a tough thinker to engage with. Bosteels unites, complements, and distinguishes both in his 436-page book working through the theories of a thinker who himself is grappling directly with politics: politics as an event, politics as being, and politics as one of four truth procedures defining the subject.” -- Kevin D. Kuswa * Culture Machine *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xxi Introduction. Elements of Dialectical Materialism 1 1. The Absent Cause 45 2. Lack and Destruction 77 3. One Divides into Two 110 4. The Ontological Impasse 157 5. Forcing the Truth 174 6. Logics of Change 197 7. From Potentiality to Inexistence 226 8. For Lack of Politics 250 Conclusion. The Speculative Left 273 In Dialogue with Alain Badiou Appendix 1. Can Change Be Thought? 289 Appendix 2. Beyond Formalism 318 Notes 351 Selected Bibliography 407 Index 423

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Book SynopsisFerguson starts with the commonplace assumption within political philosophy that the family provides the ideal model for political association. Yet families are not necessarily harmonious units. Ferguson takes up several situations to think about how familial attachments can offer insight into the creation of a pluralistic and democratic society.Trade Review“Among the many strengths of this book, the greatest might be the way Ferguson uses the perspective of family life to pull together and explore an uncommon variety of ideas about politics and community… But it is to Ferguson’s immense credit as a thinker and writer that he allows his argument to range across such a breadth of ideas within social and political theory without ever leaving the reader confused or disoriented.” - Brian Duff, Theory & Event"Are you tired of shopworn stories about the interdependence of family and politics? With their suspect notions of organic harmony, typically joined to attacks on the plural families of today? Well, then, this is the book for you. Kennan Ferguson addresses the variable intensities, blunted communications across fissures, silences, multiple disabilities, and negotiations across these lines that constitute family life. Now, he says, we are in a position to think about the complexities of family life and politics together, allowing each to illuminate the other. An impressive achievement!"—William E. Connolly, author of A World of Becoming"When political theorists want to show us what community, authority, and other elusive political goods look like, they often have recourse to examples drawn from family life. Yet as Kennan Ferguson argues, the family relationships imagined by political theorists are too good to be true: real families are riven by conflict, mistrust, and opaqueness, just as political communities are. With an eye for illuminating details, an uncommonly creative theoretical imagination, and a gift for cutting to the heart of a political issue, Ferguson shows us how political theory could profit from attending to the aspects of family life that have been obscured in the rush to make the family signify an extraordinary communal solidarity. All in the Family is an outstanding contribution to contemporary political thinking."—Patchen Markell, author of Bound by Recognition“Among the many strengths of this book, the greatest might be the way Ferguson uses the perspective of family life to pull together and explore an uncommon variety of ideas about politics and community… But it is to Ferguson’s immense credit as a thinker and writer that he allows his argument to range across such a breadth of ideas within social and political theory without ever leaving the reader confused or disoriented.” -- Brian Duff * Theory & Event *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii 1. Familial Intensities 1 2. The Functioning Family 13 3. Communities against Politics 33 4. Silence: A Politics 63 5. I [Heart] My Dog 83 6. The Spaces of Disability 107 7. Familiar Languages 125 Notes 153 Bibliography 179 Index 193

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