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Honig Bonnie - Political Theory And The Displacement Of Politics - Paperback
Honig Bonnie - Political Theory And The Displacement Of Politics - Paperback
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Description: Political Theory and the Displacement of Politics originally published in 1993, has been called a founding text of agonism which treats political contestation not as a regrettably necessary way to correct political imperfections but as a necessary sometimes joyful feature of democratic life. As Bonnie Honig writes in the preface to this thirtieth anniversary edition "the agonism that informs this book is democratic: it is committed to shared spaces and relational practices in which diverse groups and individuals set and reset the terms of living together as equals." By rethinking the established relation between politics and political theory Honig argues that political theorists of opposing positions often treat political theory less as an exploration of politics than as a series of devices for its displacement. She characterizes Kant Rawls and Sandel as virtue theorists of politics arguing that they rely on principles of right rationality community and law to protect their political theories from the conflict and uncertainty of political reality. Drawing on Nietzsche and Arendt as well as Machiavelli and Derrida Honig instead explores an alternative politics of virt which treats the disruptions of political order as valued sites of democratic freedom and individuality.
Title: Political Theory And The Displacement Of Politics
Author(s): Honig Bonnie
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Barcode: 9781501768446
Pages: 300 Pages
Publication Date: 3/15/2023
Series: Contestations
Category: Social & Political Philosophy
Description: Political Theory and the Displacement of Politics originally published in 1993, has been called a founding text of agonism which treats political contestation not as a regrettably necessary way to correct political imperfections but as a necessary sometimes joyful feature of democratic life. As Bonnie Honig writes in the preface to this thirtieth anniversary edition "the agonism that informs this book is democratic: it is committed to shared spaces and relational practices in which diverse groups and individuals set and reset the terms of living together as equals." By rethinking the established relation between politics and political theory Honig argues that political theorists of opposing positions often treat political theory less as an exploration of politics than as a series of devices for its displacement. She characterizes Kant Rawls and Sandel as virtue theorists of politics arguing that they rely on principles of right rationality community and law to protect their political theories from the conflict and uncertainty of political reality. Drawing on Nietzsche and Arendt as well as Machiavelli and Derrida Honig instead explores an alternative politics of virt which treats the disruptions of political order as valued sites of democratic freedom and individuality.
Title: Political Theory And The Displacement Of Politics
Author(s): Honig Bonnie
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Barcode: 9781501768446
Pages: 300 Pages
Publication Date: 3/15/2023
Series: Contestations
Category: Social & Political Philosophy
