{"product_id":"post-foundational-political-thought-oliver-marchart-9780748624980","title":"Post-Foundational Political Thought: Political Difference in Nancy, Lefort, Badiou and Laclau","description":"\u003ci\u003eA wide-ranging overview of the emergence of post-foundationalism and a survey of the work of its key contemporary exponents.\u003c\/i\u003eThis book presents the first systematic coverage of the conceptual difference between 'politics' (the practice of conventional politics: the political system or political forms of action) and 'the political' (a much more radical aspect which cannot be restricted to the realms of institutional politics). It is also the first introductory overview of post-foundationalism and the tradition of 'left Heideggerianism' the political thought of contemporary theorists who make frequent use of the idea of political difference: Jean-Luc Nancy, Claude Lefort, Alain Badiou and Ernesto Laclau.After an overview of current trends in social post-foundationalism and a genealogical chapter on the historical emergence of the difference between the concepts of 'politics' and 'the political', the work of individual theorists is presented and discussed at length. Individual chapters are presented on the political thought of Jean-Luc Nancy (including Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe), Claude Lefort, Alain Badiou, and Ernesto Laclau (including Chantal Mouffe).Overall the book offers an elaboration of the idea of a post-foundational conception of politics.Other titles in the Taking on the Political series: Valentine and Arditi\/ \u003ci\u003ePolemicisation\u003c\/i\u003e 0 7486 1064 2Shapiro\/ \u003ci\u003eCinematic Political Thought\u003c\/i\u003e 0 7486 1289 0Chambers\/ \u003ci\u003eLanguage and the Politics of Untimeliness\u003c\/i\u003e 0 7486 1766 3Bowman\/ \u003ci\u003ePost-Marxism Versus Cultural Studies\u003c\/i\u003e 978 0 7486 1762 3Simons\/ \u003ci\u003eCritical Political Theory in the Media Age\u003c\/i\u003e 0 7486 1583 0\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oliver Marchart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0748624988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780748624980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.46w x 0.44d","brand":"Oliver Marchart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925870674175,"sku":"9780748624980","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_716b1b39-4c9f-4d19-859f-613b0dd97fd1.jpg?v=1681079862","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/post-foundational-political-thought-oliver-marchart-9780748624980","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}