03562nam 2200613 450 991046348770332120200520144314.01-4426-6788-510.3138/9781442667884(CKB)2670000000502255(EBL)3289771(SSID)ssj0001141331(PQKBManifestationID)12533135(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001141331(PQKBWorkID)11090504(PQKB)10836735(CEL)446720(OCoLC)865475183(CaBNVSL)slc00233493(MiAaPQ)EBC3289771(MiAaPQ)EBC4669569(DE-B1597)465451(OCoLC)863158174(OCoLC)979581356(DE-B1597)9781442667884(Au-PeEL)EBL4669569(CaPaEBR)ebr11256094(EXLCZ)99267000000050225520160920h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPolitics as radical creation Herbert Marcuse and Hannah Arendt on political performativity /Christopher HolmanToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2013.©20131 online resource (271 p.)1-4426-4488-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Marcuse, Arendt, and the Idea of Politics -- 1. Marcuse's Critique and Reformulation of the Philosophical Concept of Essence -- 2. The Dialectic of Instinctual Liberation: Essence and Nonrepressive Sublimation -- 3. The Problem of Politics -- 4. Hannah Arendt's Theory of Public Freedom -- 5. Marcuse Contra Arendt: Dialectics, Destiny, Distinction -- 6. Marcuse: Reconsidering the Political -- Conclusion: From the New Left to Global Justice and from the Councils to Cochabamba -- Notes -- References -- IndexPolitics as Radical Creation examines the meaning of democratic practice through the critical social theory of the Frankfurt School. It provides an understanding of democratic politics as a potentially performative good-in-itself, undertaken not just to the extent that it seeks to achieve a certain extrinsic goal, but also in that it functions as a medium for the expression of creative human impulses. Christopher Holman develops this potential model through a critical examination of the political philosophies of Herbert Marcuse and Hannah Arendt.Holman argues that, while Arendt and Marcuse's respective theorizations each ultimately restrict the potential scope of creative human expression, their juxtaposition - which has not been previously explored - results in a more comprehensive theory of democratic existence, one that is uniquely able to affirm the creative capacities of the human being. Yielding important theoretical results that will interest scholars of each theorist and of theories of democracy more generally, Politics as Radical Creation provides a valuable means for rethinking the nature of contemporary democratic practice.DemocracyPhilosophyElectronic books.DemocracyPhilosophy.321.8Holman Christopher887046MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463487703321Politics as radical creation1980880UNINA