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1. A revolution between pleasure and sacrifice -- 2. A theorist aesthetics -- 3. Love and the question of identity : from recognition to Einfuhlung -- 4. Body politics : pleasure, abjection, contamination -- 5. Revolutions of our time : revolt as return.

Like the first edition, this edition of The Development of Plato's Political Theory provides a clear, scholarly account of Plato's political theory in the context of the social and political events of his time. This second edition has been thoroughly revised to take into account scholarly developments during the last twenty years. - ;Since its publication twenty years ago, the first edition of this work has been the closest thing to a standard book on Plato's political theory. Like the first edition, this edition of The Development of Plato's Political Theory provides a clear, scholarly accoun

pt. I. 'Preliminary discourse' from A treatise on political economy / Jean-Baptiste Say -- pt. II. Opening discourses / Jean-Baptiste Say -- pt. III. 'General considerations' from the Complete course in practical political economy / Jean-Baptiste Say -- pt. IV. History of economic thought / Jean-Baptiste Say.

Political Physics analyses the work of two of the most influential thinkers of our time - Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze. The book takes the reader on a transversal journey, crossing the boundaries of philosophy and science.Political Physics explores the limits and strengths of Derridean and Deleuzean philosophical approaches. Focussing on their differing approaches to the question of the 'body politic' - in all its registers, from the physical-chemical body, to the economic, the social and the political body - the book reveals a profound difference in ontological commitment. The book argues that the straightforward materialism of Deleuzean philosophy can operate across the range of analysis whereas Derridean deconstruction effectively operates at the level of reason, consciousness and culture.Cross-cutting a Derridean analysis of the history of philosophy with a Deleuzian approach to creative dialogue and complexity theory, Political Physics illuminates the value of both approaches to the analysis of contemporary culture, politics and science and to the rereading of the history of ideas

One of the major domestic issues of mid-seventeenth century England was the problem of how to work out and apply a pragmatic concept of the power of government. Consequently England during the period of the Interregnum became a significant battleground of ideas when diverse militant and articulate groups struggled for power and dominance. The military phase of the Great Rebellion began on August 22, 1642, when King Charles I raised the royal standard at Nottingham. This action represented the culmination of some forty years of intensified struggle for supremacy between the Stuart dynasty and Parliament. Intermingled with.the constitutional causes were religious, economic, and social factors. A remarkable feature of the English civil war is the point that although both sides suffered from internal dissension, the faction which suffered the 'most from such disputes won the war. After nearly four years of military strife the first phase of the conflict ended when Charles I surrendered himself to the Scots on May 5, 1646. ; N/A

"This study uses new arguments to reinvestigate the relation between aesthetics and politics in the contemporary debates on democratic theory and radical democracy. First, Carl Schmitt and Claude Lefort help delineate the contours of an aesthetico-political understanding of democracy, which is developed further by studying Merleau-Ponty, Rancière, and Arendt. The ideas of Merleau-Ponty serve to establish a general "ontological" framework that aims to contest the dominant currents in contemporary democratic theory. It is argued that Merleau-Ponty, Arendt, and Rancière share a general understanding of the political as the contingently contested spaces and times of appearances. However, the articulation of their thought leads to reconsider and explore under-theorized as well as controversial dimensions of their work. This search for new connections between the political and the aesthetic thought of Arendt and Merleau-Ponty on one hand and the current widespread interest in Rancière's aesthetic politics on the other make this book a unique study that will appeal to anyone who is interested in political theory and contemporary continental philosophy."--

A charismatic and controversial figure, Lacan is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century and his work has revolutionized a range of fields. The volume aims to introduce Lacan's vast opus to the field of international politics in a coherent and approachable manner. The volume is split into three distinct sections:0Psychoanalysis and Politics: this section will frame the discussion by providing general background of Lacan's engagement with politics and the political / Lacan and the Political: each chapter will focus on different key ideas and concepts in Lacan's thought including ethics, justice, discourse, object a, symptom, jouissance / Political Encounters: seeks to represent different ways of engaging with Lacanian thought and ways of adopting it to explain and comment on global political phenomena. 0Bringing together internationally recognised scholars in the field, this volume will be an invaluable resource to students and scholars in areas including critical theory, international relations, political theory and political philosophy

Cover -- Contents -- PART I: "SOCIETY" AS THE ETHICAL STARTING POINT FOR POLITICAL INQUIRY -- 1. "Le Tout Est Bien?" -- 2. "The Island of the Human Race" -- 3. An Influential Error -- 4. Anxieties of Influence: Dépendance as the Key to Société -- 5. "Le Mal" and "La Science des Moeurs" -- 6. Moral Dynamics -- 7. Rupture: The First Sign of the Will -- 8. Judgment: The Significance of the Will -- 9. Persons Versus Things -- 10. Consequences of Intersubjectivity -- 11. The Political Sociology of the "Golden Rule" -- 12. The Science of Dependence -- 13. The New Problem of Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Appendix to Part One: The Text of Rousseau's "Main Passage" -- PART II: THE MORAL RELEVANCE OF DEPENDENCE -- A. Dependence and the "Formula for Happiness" -- 14. Social Theory as Metadidactic: An Apostrophe -- 15. The Rule of "Not Speaking Against Yourself" -- 16. The Amplitude of Besoins -- 17. Nature as Untransformed Need and as Hypothesis of Liberté -- 18. "La Femme Est Homme" -- 19. The "Formula for Happiness" -- 20. Forces -- 21. Sometimes a Child Is Not a Child-Syllepsis and Theory -- 22. Dependence Articulates Bonheur -- 23. Dependence Is Not Weakness -- 24. Problematizing Dependence as Unhappiness: A Platonic Riff -- 25. Dependence Joins Weakness and Unhappiness -- 26. Demise and Reincarnation of the "Formula for Happiness" -- 27. Locating the Problem of Dependence: Uncertainty, Insecurity, Unhappiness -- 28. Pragmatic Recourse to Liberty -- B. "Il y a Deux Sortes de Dépendance . . ." -- 29. Reconfiguring the Problem: From Happiness Back to Dependence -- 30. Where Dependence Divides: The Absent Πολις -- 31. Résoudre: The Art of Breaking Things Down and Putting Them Back Together -- 32. Système -- 33. The Significance of Dependence-from-Things and Dependence-from-Persons -- 34. Morality and Disorder.