One of the most troubling aspects of the politics of homelessness, Leonard C. Feldman contends, is the reduction of the homeless to what Hannah Arendt calls "the abstract nakedness of humanity" and what Giorgio Agamben terms "bare life." Feldman argues that the politics of alleged compassion and the politics of those interested in ridding public spaces of the homeless are linked fundamentally in their assumption that homeless people are something less than citizens. Feldman's book brings political theories together (including theories of sovereign power, justice, and pluralism) with...
One of the most troubling aspects of the politics of homelessness, Leonard C. Feldman contends, is the reduction of the homeless to what Hannah Arendt...
An examines of the opportunities that exist for contesting the prevalent attitude which reduces the homeless to a status less than citizenship. In arguing for a more robust form of democratic pluralism, Feldman also suggests a pluralisation of the category of home.
An examines of the opportunities that exist for contesting the prevalent attitude which reduces the homeless to a status less than citizenship. In arg...
