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An Archaeology of the Political: Regimes of Power from the Seventeenth Century to the Present
Elias Palti
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Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 b&w photographs and 4 figures. BIC Classification: HBLL; HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
In the past few decades, much political-philosophical reflection has been dedicated to the realm of the political. Many of the key figures in contemporary political theory-Jacques Ranciere, Alain Badiou, Reinhart Koselleck, Giorgio Agamben, Ernesto Laclau, and Slavoj Zizek, among others-have dedicated themselves to explaining power relations, but in many cases they take the concept of the political for granted, as if it were a given, an eternal essence. In An Archaeology of the Political, Elias Jose Palti argues that the dimension of reality known as the political is not a natural, transhistorical entity. Instead, he claims that ... Read more
In the past few decades, much political-philosophical reflection has been dedicated to the realm of the political. Many of the key figures in contemporary political theory-Jacques Ranciere, Alain Badiou, Reinhart Koselleck, Giorgio Agamben, Ernesto Laclau, and Slavoj Zizek, among others-have dedicated themselves to explaining power relations, but in many cases they take the concept of the political for granted, as if it were a given, an eternal essence. In An Archaeology of the Political, Elias Jose Palti argues that the dimension of reality known as the political is not a natural, transhistorical entity. Instead, he claims that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231179928
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V9780231179928
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About Elias Palti
Elias Jose Palti is principal researcher for the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Argentina), a professor at both the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes and the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, and the director of the Center for Intellectual History at the National University of Quilmes. He is a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow and the author of ten books in Spanish ... Read more
Reviews for An Archaeology of the Political: Regimes of Power from the Seventeenth Century to the Present
Elias Palti's book is one of the most original interpretations of the political (as opposed to politics) in many years. His conceptual history is a longue duree account of practices of representation of the divine, the sovereign, the people, war, and the search for a basic unity of the world. As we consider whether we have come to the end ... Read more