The political thought of Jacques Rancière : creating equality / Todd May.

By:

May, Todd, 1955-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2008.Description: 196 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780271034492
0271034491
9780271034508 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271034505 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780748635320 (hbk.)
0748635327 (hbk.)
0748635866 (pbk.)
9780748635863 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

321.8092 22
320.01 22

LOC classification:

JA71 .M29 2008

Online resources:

Table of contents only

Contents:

Passive equality -- Active equality : democratic politics -- The historical roots of democratic politics : anarchism -- The normative framework of democratic politics -- Active equality in contemporary politics.

Summary: "Examines the political perspective of French thinker and historian Jacques Rancière. Rancière argues that a democratic politics is one that emerges out of people's acting under the presupposition of their own equality with those better situated in the social hierarchy. Todd May examines and extends this presupposition"--Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Generalia	321.8092 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		9451

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-194) and index.

"Examines the political perspective of French thinker and historian Jacques Rancière. Rancière argues that a democratic politics is one that emerges out of people's acting under the presupposition of their own equality with those better situated in the social hierarchy. Todd May examines and extends this presupposition"--Provided by publisher.

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