{"product_id":"the-concept-of-the-social-malcolm-bull-9781844672936","title":"The Concept of the Social: Scepticism, Idleness and Utopia","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom here to utopia, new directions in political theory\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does political agency mean for those who don't know what to do or can't be bothered to do it? This book develops a novel account of collective emancipation in which freedom is achieved not through knowledge and action but via doubt and inertia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn essays that range from ancient Greece to the end of the Anthropocene, Bull addresses questions central to contemporary political theory in novel readings of texts by Aristotle, Machiavelli, Marx, and Arendt, and shows how classic philosophical problems have a bearing on issues like political protest and climate change. The result is an entirely original account of political agency for the twenty-first century in which uncertainty and idleness are limned with utopian promise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Malcolm Bull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 184467293X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781844672936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Malcolm Bull","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043201118463,"sku":"9781844672936","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b8fd3672-1cfd-47b9-a2e1-7f7e58fb871a.jpg?v=1684965812","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-concept-of-the-social-malcolm-bull-9781844672936","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}