{"product_id":"redirecting-radical-democracy-sofia-anceau-helander-9781399522175","title":"Redirecting Radical Democracy: From Antagonism to Alienation","description":"Today, alienation manifests itself primarily as precarisation and deprofessionalisation. When the subject's work security or professional autonomy is undermined, relations - not only to others, but also to one's self - can become inhibited. This book shows that while alienation poses serious problems to modern democracies, it is a form of \u003ci\u003esocial \u003c\/i\u003esuffering that is particularly difficult for democratic theory - preoccupied by the \u003ci\u003epolitical \u003c\/i\u003e- to address. The book highlights that not even radical democracy, which emphasises the importance of social resistance, can include the alienated. The author shows this is not merely due to the historical emergence of radical democracy and its turn away from traditional socialism, but also to a deeper problem in the theory itself. Helander argues that in order to address alienation, radical democracy - as both normative theory and political strategy, must be reformulated starting with its deep assumptions about the subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sofia Anceau Helander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399522175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399522175\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 12\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"Sofia Anceau Helander","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48444739977471,"sku":"9781399522175","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b51625c1-8292-4ed8-994d-b5999c92aef7.jpg?v=1777214233","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/redirecting-radical-democracy-sofia-anceau-helander-9781399522175","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}