Record Nr.

UNINA990002746690403321

Titolo

The accounting frontier : in honour of Sir Alexander Fitzgerald / editors R. J. Chambers, L. Goldberg, R. L. Mathews

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Melbourne ; London [etc.] : F. W. Cheshire, 1966

Descrizione fisica

240 p.

Locazione

ECA

Collocazione

1-11-3

1-11-3-BIS

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454395303321

Autore

May Todd <1955->

Titolo

The political thought of Jacques Rancière [[electronic resource] ] : creating equality / / Todd May

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2008

ISBN

0-7486-7192-7

1-281-78590-3

9786611785901

0-7486-3533-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

321.8092

320.01

Soggetti

Political science - Philosophy

Democracy - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Passive Equality; 2. Active Equality: Democratic Politics; 3. The Historical Roots of Democratic Politics: Anarchism; 4. The Normative Framework of Democratic Politics; 5. Active Equality in Contemporary Politics; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Equality is not something that we must expect from state institutions. It is something that we must both presuppose and create through collective action. Todd May investigates in depth the philosophical grounds, ethical implications and practical consequences of the view of active equality. Much more than a commentary, his book is a powerful analysis of what politics means and how we can recover the project of political action. Jacques Ranciere. This is the first single-authored book in any language devoted entirely to the thought of Jacques Rancière. It focuses on his central political idea t