
Power and Politics in Poststructuralist Thought
New Theories of the Political
- 192 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This book explores the impact of poststructuralism on contemporary political theory by focussing on problems and issues central to politics today.
Drawing on the theoretical concerns brought to light by the 'poststructuralist' thinkers Foucault, Derrida, Lacan, Deleuze and Max Stirner, Newman provides a critical examination of new developments in contemporary political theory: post-Marxism, discourse analysis, new theories of ideology and power, hegemony, radical democracy and psychoanalytic theory. He re-examines the political in light of these developments in theory to suggest new ways of thinking about politics through a reflection on the challenges that confront it.
This volume will be of great interest to students of postmodernism and poststructuralist theory in political science, philosophy, sociology, philosophy and cultural studies.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Politics of the ego
- 2 Ressentiment and radical politics
- 3 New reflections on the theory of power
- 4 Spectres of Stirner
- 5 Derrida’s deconstruction of authority
- 6 On the politics of violence
- 7 Spectres of the uncanny
- 8 Towards a poststructuralist politics of universality
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography