The question of the limits of politics has been at the forefront of debates in critical theory for decades, especially in the French and Italian contexts. This book argues that the question of the real or radical outside of politics has been lost in the midst of post-War critiques of politics. The notion of ‘the political’ has grown into a totality of a new kind, one which refuses both to complete itself and to let go of its totalizing ambition. Inna Viriasova addresses this question by offering a critical introduction to the philosophical debate on the concept of the political and its...
The question of the limits of politics has been at the forefront of debates in critical theory for decades, especially in the French and Italian conte...