Democracy in the Political Present: A Queer-Feminist Theory

By: Isabell Lorey

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Synopsis: &“Presentist democracy is without a people and without nation. Rather than regimes of borders and migration, its borders are sexism and racism, homo- and transphobia, colonialism and extractivism.&”In the midst of the crises and threats to liberal democracy, Isabell Lorey develops a democracy in the present tense; one which breaks open political certainties and linear concepts of progress and growth. Her queer feminist political theory formulates a fundamental critique of masculinist concepts of the people, representation, institutions, and the multitude. In doing so, she unfolds an original concept of a presentist democracy based on care and interrelatedness, on the irreducibility of responsibilities—one which cannot be conceived of without social movements&’ past struggles and current practices.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 240 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781839767357
Related ISBNs:: 9781839767333
Publisher:: Verso Books
Date of Addition:: 11/15/22
Copyrighted By:: Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin, Germany
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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