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This is the first single-authored book in any language devoted entirely to the thought of Jacques Rancière. It focuses on his central political idea that a democratic politics emerges from the presupposition of equality. Todd May examines and extends this presupposition, offering a framework for understanding it, placing it in the current political context, and showing how it challenges traditional political philosophy and opens up neglected political paths.May aims...

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Todd May is Class of 1941 Memorial Professor of the Humanities at the Clemson University

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Equality is not something that we must expect from state institutions. It is something that we must both presuppose and create through collective action. Todd May investigates in depth the philosophical grounds ethical implications and practical consequences of the view of active equality. Much more than a commentary, his book is a powerful analysis of what politics means and how we can recover the project of political action. --...

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  • PublisherEdinburgh University Press
  • Publication date2008
  • ISBN 10 0748635327
  • ISBN 13 9780748635320
  • BindingHardcover
  • LanguageEnglish
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  • Number of pages208
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