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Book SynopsisContaining essays by some of the most prominent names in contemporary political and cultural theory,
Sovereignty in Ruins develops a political vocabulary capable of transforming contemporary political frameworks by advancing a politics of crisis that collapses the false dichotomies between sovereignty and governmentality and between critique and crisis.
Trade Review"The essays that George Edmondson and Klaus Mladek have collected in Sovereignty in Ruins linger both for the power of their insights into contemporary life and for the tactics, biopolitical and ethical, that dart below the surface of their critique. Framed by a terrific introduction, Sovereignty in Ruins pushes us to consider other possibilities in lieu of a sovereignty; other possible futures too. Absolutely recommended." -- Timothy Campbell, coeditor of Biopolitics: A Reader "Sovereignty in Ruins breaks new paths in political philosophy by seriously reexamining the premises of the biopolitical and sovereignty in the context of late modernity. Presenting work by some of the most prominent thinkers out there, this book's power resides in its engagement with the political impasse of the present. An excellent collection, Sovereignty in Ruins will find a wide audience among contemporary political theorists and thinkers across the humanities." -- Thomas Dumm, author of My Father's House: On Will Barnet's Painting
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii
Introduction: Sovereignty Crises / George Edmondson and Klaus Mladek 1
Part I. Ruination and Revolution
1. Natural History: Toward a Politics of Crisis / George Edmondson and Klaus Mladek 21
Part II. Italian Affirmations
2. Left and Right: Why They Still Make Sense / Carlo Gailli 63
3. Politics in the Present / Roberto Esposito 100
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Cujusdam nigri & scabiois Brasiliani: Rancière and Derrida / Alberto Moreiras 125
5. Pasolini's Acceptance / Rei Terada 144
Part III. The Endgames of Sovereignty
6. Reopening the Plato Question / Adam Sitze 173
7. The Royal Remains: The People's Two Bodies and the Endgames of Sovereignty / Eric L. Santner 201
8. Arendt: Thinking Cohabitation and the Dispersion of Sovereignty / Judith Butler 220
9. Beyond the State of Exception: Hegel on Freedom, Law, and Decision / Andrew Norris 239
10. Humans and (Other) Animals in a Biopolitical Frame / Cary Wolfe 273
11. Thing-Politics and Science / Carsten Strathausen 292
Bibliography 319
Contributors 341
Index 343
