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The Plebeian Experience - A Discontinuous History of Political Freedom (Paperback): Martin Breaugh The Plebeian Experience - A Discontinuous History of Political Freedom (Paperback)
Martin Breaugh; Translated by Lazer Lederhendler; Foreword by Dick Howard
R823 R688 Discovery Miles 6 880 Save R135 (16%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How do people excluded from political life achieve political agency? Through a series of historical events that have been mostly overlooked by political theorists, Martin Breaugh identifies fleeting yet decisive instances of emancipation in which people took it upon themselves to become political subjects. Emerging during the Roman plebs's first secession in 494 BCE, the plebeian experience consists of an underground or unexplored configuration of political strategies to obtain political freedom. The people reject domination through political praxis and concerted action, therefore establishing an alternative form of power. Breaugh's study concludes in the nineteenth century and integrates ideas from sociology, philosophy, history, and political science. Organized around diverse case studies, his work undertakes exercises in political theory to show how concepts provide a different understanding of the meaning of historical events and our political present. The Plebeian Experience describes a recurring phenomenon that clarifies struggles for emancipation throughout history, expanding research into the political agency of the many and shedding light on the richness of radical democratic struggles from ancient Rome to Occupy Wall Street and beyond.

The Plebeian Experience - A Discontinuous History of Political Freedom (Hardcover, New): Martin Breaugh The Plebeian Experience - A Discontinuous History of Political Freedom (Hardcover, New)
Martin Breaugh; Translated by Lazer Lederhendler; Foreword by Dick Howard
R1,568 R1,422 Discovery Miles 14 220 Save R146 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How do people excluded from political life achieve political agency? Through a series of historical events that have been mostly overlooked by political theorists, Martin Breaugh identifies fleeting yet decisive instances of emancipation in which people took it upon themselves to become political subjects. Emerging during the Roman plebs's first secession in 494 BCE, the plebeian experience consists of an underground or unexplored configuration of political strategies to obtain political freedom. The people reject domination through political praxis and concerted action, therefore establishing an alternative form of power. Breaugh's study concludes in the nineteenth century and integrates ideas from sociology, philosophy, history, and political science. Organized around diverse case studies, his work undertakes exercises in political theory to show how concepts provide a different understanding of the meaning of historical events and our political present. The Plebeian Experience describes a recurring phenomenon that clarifies struggles for emancipation throughout history, expanding research into the political agency of the many and shedding light on the richness of radical democratic struggles from ancient Rome to Occupy Wall Street and beyond.

Thinking Radical Democracy - The Return to Politics in Post-War France (Hardcover): Martin Breaugh, Christopher Holman, Rachel... Thinking Radical Democracy - The Return to Politics in Post-War France (Hardcover)
Martin Breaugh, Christopher Holman, Rachel Magnusson, Paul Mazzocchi, Devin Penner
R1,355 Discovery Miles 13 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Thinking Radical Democracy is an introduction to nine key political thinkers who contributed to the emergence of radical democratic thought in post-war French political theory: Hannah Arendt, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Pierre Clastres, Claude Lefort, Cornelius Castoriadis, Guy Debord, Jacques Ranciere, Etienne Balibar, and Miguel Abensour. The essays in this collection connect these writers through their shared contribution to the idea that division and difference in politics can be perceived as productive, creative, and fundamentally democratic. The questions they raise regarding equality and emancipation in a democratic society will be of interest to those studying social and political thought or democratic activist movements like the Occupy movements and Idle No More.

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