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Decolonizing Democracy : Intersections of Philosophy and Postcolonial Theory



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Autore: Güven Ferit Visualizza persona
Titolo: Decolonizing Democracy : Intersections of Philosophy and Postcolonial Theory Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lexington Books, 2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 p.)
Disciplina: 321.8
Soggetto topico: Democracy -- Philosophy
Postcolonialism
Democracy - Philosophy
Political Science
Law, Politics & Government
Political Theory of the State
Persona (resp. second.): GèuvenFerit
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The Genealogy of Democracy""; ""2 Foucault, Bio-disciplinary Power, and “Cogitological Power�""; ""3 Democracy and Post/Neo-colonialism""; ""4 Hunger Strikers, Suicide Bombers, and All the other Evil Terrorists""; ""5 Derrida and Democracy-to-Come""; ""Conclusion""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""
Sommario/riassunto: Decolonizing Democracy: Intersections of Philosophy and Postcolonial Theory analyzes the concept and the discourse of democracy. Ferit Güven demonstrates how democracy is deployed as a neo-colonial tool to discipline and further subjugate formerly colonized peoples and spaces. The book explains why increasing democratization of the political space in the last three decades produced an increasing dissatisfaction and alienation from the process of governance, rather than a contentment as one might have expected from ""the rule of the people." Decolonizing Democracy aims to provide a conceptual r
Titolo autorizzato: Decolonizing Democracy  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-7391-9959-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814134803321
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