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Poststructuralism and the Politics of Method (Paperback)
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Poststructuralism and the Politics of Method (Paperback)
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Since the time of Plato, political philosophy has attempted to
create a secure basis upon which to build the prescriptive claims
for political action. However, if knowledge is a human
construction, not the discovery of some essential reality, is it
possible to support collective acts by reference to such
foundational claims? If not, we must rethink our understanding
society, politics, and the exercise of power. Beginning with the
premise that our knowledge of political and social life is
historical and contingent, Andrew Koch seeks to re-conceptualize
our understanding of politics and power. Koch moves the discussions
of power and politics away from search for foundational truths.
Viewing politics and power through an epistemological lens, he
explores what our understanding of politics and power looks like in
the wake of deconstruction and genealogy. Koch begins with a
general overview of the poststructuralist epistemology. From there
the work contrasts this position with the interpretive sociology of
Max Weber, uses deconstruction to politicize the work of Niklas
Luhmann, and explores the implications of deconstruction for
democracy, Marxist theory, institutional power, and anarchist
politics.
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