On the Political

ISBN-13: 9780415305204 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 144 str.

Chantal Mouffe

Opis

Since September 11, we frequently hear that the struggle is between good and evil and that politics is at an end. Should we welcome or fear a 'Third Way' beyond left and right? In this timely and thought provoking book, Chantal Mouffe argues that third way thinking ignores fundamental, conflictual aspects of human nature and that far from expanding democracy, globalization is undermining the combative and radical heart of democratic life.
Going back first to Aristotle, she identifies the historical origins of the political. She also reflects on the Enlightenment and the social contract, arguing that in spite of its good intentions, it fatally suppressed the radical core of political life. She uses many contemporary examples, including the Iraq war, racism and the rise of the far right, to argue that far from ending dangerous extremism, the political void created by the search for consensus inflames it.

Recenzje

'Clear, direct and accessible ... Mouffe represents a position that every serious student of of contemporary political thought must acknowledge and come to terms.' - The Philosophers' Magazine

'The jab of this pluralist pugilist is sharp. The argument is dense, but the moral is clear. Don't mess with Mouffe.' - Alex Danchev, Times Literary Supplement

'On the Political is a thought-provoking book tackling urgent domestic and international political problems  trhough a disputatious engagement with various contemporary domestic theory. Mouffe succeeds in presenting these problems and disputes in an accessible  language.' - Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

 

O autorze

Chantal Mouffe, geboren 1943 in Baulet/Belgien, lehrt Philosophie an der City University of London.