Domination and Emancipation | Remaking Critique

Luc Boltanski (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1538199173 / ISBN 13: 9781538199176

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2024

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Domination and Emancipation | Remaking Critique | Luc Boltanski (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2024 | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | EAN 9781538199176 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Domination and Emancipation | Remaking Critique
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1538199173
• ISBN 13: 9781538199176
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 19D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 518 grams
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Synopsis

A melancholy defeatism has become a hallmark of critical thought and leftist politics. A consequence of this has been an exaggerated focus on domination among critical theorists, leaving emancipation―along with questions of political organization and strategy―undertheorized at best, or disregarded as delusional, at worst. If emancipation still plays a role in critical reflection, it is most often in a “domesticated” form, made into a bedfellow of centrist liberalism.

Recent events necessitate a different outlook, especially since the financial collapse of 2008 and the myriad movements―emancipatory as much as reactionary―it has spawned throughout the world. Through a series of dialogues and reflections by leading thinkers, scholars, and activists, Domination and Emancipation: Remaking Critique seeks to rebuild the emancipatory pole of critique and bring forward theoretical work that is in step with the struggles and aspirations of the moment.

About the Author

Daniel Benson is assistant professor of Foreign Languages and International Cultural Studies at St. Francis College. His writing has appeared in journals including Diacritics, Critical Review of Contemporary French Fixxion, and Left History.