Gillian Rose (Paperback)

Kate Schick

ISBN 10: 1399561219 / ISBN 13: 9781399561211

Published by Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2026

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Paperback. Makes the case for the rediscovery of British philosopher Gillian Rose's unique but neglected voiceKate Schick explains the core themes of Gillian Rose's work. She engages with the work of Benjamin, Honig, Zizek and Butler and locates Rose's ideas within central debates in contemporary social theory: trauma and memory, exclusion and difference, tragedy and messianic utopia. She shows how Rose's speculative perspective brings a different gaze to bear on debates, avoiding well-worn liberal, critical theoretic and post-structural positions.Gillian Rose draws on idiosyncratic readings of thinkers such as Hegel, Adorno and Kierkegaard to underpin her philosophy, refusing to privilege the particular over the universal. While of the left, she is sharply critical of much left-wing thought, insisting that it shirks the work of coming to know and taking political risk in the hope that we might find a 'good enough justice'. Makes the case for the rediscovery of British philosopher Gillian Rose's unique but neglected voice. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gillian Rose (Paperback)
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1399561219
• ISBN 13: 9781399561211
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Makes the case for the rediscovery of British philosopher Gillian Rose’s unique but neglected voice
Kate Schick explains the core themes of Gillian Rose's work. She engages with the work of Benjamin, Honig, Zizek and Butler and locates Rose's ideas within central debates in contemporary social theory: trauma and memory, exclusion and difference, tragedy and messianic utopia. She shows how Rose’s speculative perspective brings a different gaze to bear on debates, avoiding well-worn liberal, critical theoretic and post-structural positions.
Gillian Rose draws on idiosyncratic readings of thinkers such as Hegel, Adorno and Kierkegaard to underpin her philosophy, refusing to privilege the particular over the universal. While of the left, she is sharply critical of much left-wing thought, insisting that it shirks the work of coming to know and taking political risk in the hope that we might find a ‘good enough justice’.

About the Author

Kate Schick is Associate Professor of International Relations at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington. She is co-editor of Subversive Pedagogies: Radical Possibility in the Academy (with Claire Timperley, 2022), The Vulnerable Subject: Beyond Rationalism in International Relations (with Amanda Russell Beattie, 2013) and Recognition in Global Politics: Critical Encounters between State and World (with Patrick Hayden, 2016).