Radical Social Change in the United States : Badiou's Apostle and the Post-Factual Moment / / by Joanna Swanger

• Autore: Swanger Joanna
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2017.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XIII, 328 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.01
• Soggetto topico: Political science; America - Politics and government; Social structure; Equality; Human rights; Political Theory; American Politics; Political Science; Social Structure; Human Rights
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Paul: Patron Saint of the Post-Factual -- The Lure of the Ancient Regime -- Nothing But The Truth -- Nothing Cures Malaise Quite Like Torture -- To Have Seen Too Much: The 1960s and the Turning of the Camera -- Now What?.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book tackles the question of why the United States is so resistant to radical change towards economic justice and peace. Taking full stock of the despair that launched the popular support for Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, Swanger historicizes the political paralysis of post-1974 United States that deepened already severe economic inequalities, asking how the terrain for social movements in the early twenty-first-century US differs from that of the 1960s. This terrain is marked by the entrenchment of neoliberalism, anti-intellectualism, and difficulties paradoxically posed by the ease of social media. Activists now must contend with a paralyzing “post-factual” moment. Alain Badiou’s thought informs this book on breaking through contemporary political paralysis. .
• Titolo autorizzato: Radical Social Change in the United States
• ISBN: 3-319-39981-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910150445503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II