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The Concept of the Social - Scepticism, Idleness and Utopia (Hardcover): Malcolm Bull

The Concept of the Social - Scepticism, Idleness and Utopia (Hardcover)

Malcolm Bull

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What 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. In 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.

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Imprint: Verso Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2021
Authors: Malcolm Bull
Dimensions: 210 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-293-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory
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LSN: 1-84467-293-X
Barcode: 9781844672936

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