{"product_id":"the-poetics-of-political-thinking-davide-panagia-9780822337188","title":"The Poetics of Political Thinking","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Political Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e Davide Panagia focuses on the role that aesthetic sensibilities play in theorists' evaluations of political arguments. Examining works by thinkers from Thomas Hobbes to Jacques Rancière, Panagia shows how each one invokes aesthetic concepts and devices, such as metaphor, mimesis, imagination, beauty, and the sublime. He argues that it is important to recognize and acknowledge these poetic forms of representation because they provide evaluative standards that theorists use in appraising the value of ideas-ideas about justice, politics, and democratic life. An investigation into the intertwined histories of aesthetic and political accounts of representation-such as Panagia presents here-sheds light on how modes of poetic thinking delimit the questions of unity and diversity that continue to animate contemporary political theory.\u003cp\u003ePanagia not only illuminates the structure of much contemporary political theory but also shows why understanding the poetics of political thinking is vital to contemporary society. Drawing on Gilles Deleuze's critique of negation and his privileging of paradox as the source of political thought, Panagia suggests that a non-teleological concept of difference might generate insight into pressing questions about foreignness and citizenship. Turning to the liberal\/poststructural debate that dominates contemporary political theory, he compares John Rawls's concept of justice to Rancière's ideas about political disagreement in order to demonstrate how, despite their differences, both thinkers comprehend aesthetic and moral reasoning as part and parcel of political writing. Considering the writings of William Hazlitt and Jürgen Habermas, he describes how the essay has become the exemplary genre of what is considered rational political argument. \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Political Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling reappraisal of the role of representation within political thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Davide Panagia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822337185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822337188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.42w x 0.43d","brand":"Davide Panagia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457735897343,"sku":"9780822337188","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f2fcda9-dff8-4d49-92ed-028bcbad1fb2.jpg?v=1777400724","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-poetics-of-political-thinking-davide-panagia-9780822337188","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}