{"product_id":"politics-as-radical-creation-christopher-holman-9781442644885","title":"Politics as Radical Creation: Herbert Marcuse and Hannah Arendt on Political Performativity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolitics as Radical Creation\u003c\/em\u003e examines the meaning of democratic practice through the critical social theory of the Frankfurt School. It provides an understanding of democratic politics as a potentially performative good-in-itself, undertaken not just to the extent that it seeks to achieve a certain extrinsic goal, but also in that it functions as a medium for the expression of creative human impulses. Christopher Holman develops this potential model through a critical examination of the political philosophies of Herbert Marcuse and Hannah Arendt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolman argues that, while Arendt and Marcuse's respective theorizations each ultimately restrict the potential scope of creative human expression, their juxtaposition - which has not been previously explored - results in a more comprehensive theory of democratic existence, one that is uniquely able to affirm the creative capacities of the human being. Yielding important theoretical results that will interest scholars of each theorist and of theories of democracy more generally, \u003cem\u003ePolitics as Radical Creation\u003c\/em\u003e provides a valuable means for rethinking the nature of contemporary democratic practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Holman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442644885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442644885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2014","brand":"Christopher Holman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44058286686463,"sku":"9781442644885","price":93.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61b0bbfb-ffe7-4f6e-a290-f94fcfe63b37.jpg?v=1685051711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/politics-as-radical-creation-christopher-holman-9781442644885","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}