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Untimely Politics (Hardcover)
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Untimely Politics (Hardcover)
Series: Taking on the Political
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Challenging the linear view of history which confines or
predetermines the outcome of politics, this book argues for an
'untimely' politics, rendering the past problematic and the future
unpredictable. Untimely Politics offers close readings of key texts
in political theory and enters into debates involving metaphysics,
philosophy of language, and psychoanalysis versus discursive
analysis - all designed to demonstrate that untimeliness expands
the scope of the political. The ideas are weaved together around
the theme of the relevance of language analysis to political
debate, answering those critics who insist discourse approaches to
politics are irrelevant. Calling on key texts of Heidegger,
Nietzsche, Foucault and Derrida the book challenges the political
burden which is placed on language analysis to prove its value in
the real world. To demonstrate his arguments, Samuel Chambers uses
the case study of same-sex marriage in the US to interrogate family
values politics. In seeking to explore the bearing of contemporary
theory on practical political life, this book makes a timely plea
for a more politically relevant form of intellectual work. Key
Features: * detailed case study of same-sex marriages in the US is
used to interrogate family value politics * shows the relevance of
contemporary theory to practical political life * makes a plea for
a more politically relevant form of intellectual work * aimed at
both a Politics and a Cultural Studies readership Books in the
series are...Valentine and Arditi Polemicization Shapiro Cinematic
Political Thought Chambers Untimely Politics Elden Speaking Against
Number Bowman Post-Marxism Versus Cultural Studies Marchart
Post-Foundational Political Thought Little Democratic Piety
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