This book presents, for the first time in the English language,
Marcel Gauchet’s interpretation of the challenges faced by
contemporary Western societies as a result of the crisis of liberal
democratic politics and the growing influence of populism.
Responding to Gauchet’s analysis, international experts explore
the depoliticising aspects of contemporary democratic culture that
explain the appeal of populism: neo-liberal individualism, the cult
of the individual and its related human rights, and the
juridification of all human relationships. The book also provides
the intellectual context within which Gauchet’s understanding of
modern society has developed—in particular, his critical
engagement with Marxism and the profound influence of Cornelius
Castoriadis and Claude Lefort on his work. It highlights the way
Gauchet’s work remains faithful to an understanding of history
that stresses the role of humanity as a collective subject, while
also seeking to account for both the historical novelty of
contemporary individualism and the new form of alienation that
radical modernity engenders. In doing so, the book also opens up
new avenues for reflection on the political significance of the
contemporary health crisis. Marcel Gauchet and the Crisis of
Democratic Politics will be of great interest to scholars and
postgraduate students of social and political thought, political
anthropology and sociology, political philosophy, and political
theory.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Editors: |
Natalie J Doyle
• Sean McMorrow
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
266 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-69689-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-367-69689-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780367696894 |
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