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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788921503321

Autore

Gilbert Jeremy <1971->

Titolo

Common ground : democracy and collectivity in an age of individualism / / Jeremy Gilbert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Pluto Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-84964-977-4

1-84964-976-6

Descrizione fisica

272 p. ; ; 22 cm

Disciplina

302.14

Soggetti

Social participation

Individualism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""1. Postmodernity and the Crisis of Democracy""; ""2. A War of All Against All: Neoliberal Hegemony and Competitive Individualism""; ""3. Leviathan Logics: Group Psychology from Hobbes to Laclau""; ""4. The State of Community Opened: Multitude and Multiplicity""; ""5. The Non-Fascist Crowd: Individuation and Infinite Relationality""; ""6. Feeling Together: Affect, Identity and the Politics of the Common""; ""7. On the Impossibility of Making Decisions: Affect, Agency and the Democratic Sublime""; ""8. Conclusions""; ""Notes""

""References""""Index""