{"product_id":"public-things-9780823276400","title":"Public Things","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on Winnicott and Hannah Arendt, Public Things: Democracy in Disrepair develops a lexicon for a political theory of public things. Indigenous activism, racial inequality, and democratic citizenship; care, concern, hope, and play all figure in readings of contemporary events and literary, film, and political theory (Tocqueville, Melville, von Trier).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fast-paced tour de force. Honig explores the role of public things in democratic politics, especially against the background of neoliberal privatization.\" -- -John Seery George Irving Thompson Memorial Professor of Government and Professor of Politics, Pomona College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: Opting Out      Introduction: Thinking Out Loud      Lecture One: Democracy's Necessary Conditions      Lecture Two: Care and Concern: Arendt with Winnicott      Lecture Three: Hope and Play: Lear and von Trier      Epilogue: Public Things, Shared Space, and the Commons      Acknowledgments      Notes      Bibliography      Index","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406148477271,"sku":"9780823276400","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/public-things-9780823276400","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}