In the last decade, we have witnessed the return of one of the most
controversial terms in the political lexicon: totalitarianism. What
are we talking about when we define a totalitarian political and
social situation? When did we start using the word as both
adjective and noun? And, what totalitarian ghosts haunt the
present? Philosopher Simona Forti seeks to answer these questions
by reconstructing not only the genealogy of the concept, but also
by clarifying its motives, misunderstandings, and the controversies
that have animated its current resurgence. Taking into account
political theories and historical discussions, Totalitarianism
especially focuses on philosophical reflections, from the question
of totalitarian biopolitics to the alleged totalitarian drifts of
neoliberalism. The work invites the relentless formulation of a
radical question about the democratic age: the possibilities it has
opened up, the voids it leaves behind, the mechanisms it activates,
and the "voluntary servitude" it produces. Forti argues that
totalitarianism cannot be considered an external threat to
democracy, but rather as one of the possible answers to those
questions posed by modernity which democracies have not been able
to solve. Her investigation of the uses and abuses of
totalitarianism as one of the fundamental categories of the
twentieth and twenty-first centuries promises to provoke
much-needed discussion and debate among those in philosophy,
politics, ethics, and beyond.
General
| Imprint: |
Stanford University Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Square One: First-Order Questions in the Humanities |
| Release date: |
December 2023 |
| First published: |
2024 |
| Authors: |
Simona Forti
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
184 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5036-3737-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-5036-3737-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781503637375 |
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