Thrift / Amin Arts of the Political

New Openings for the Left
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9905-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Seeking to reinvigorate the political Left, Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift advocate an experimental "world-making" politics that is able to adapt to changing circumstances, shifting categories, and emergent problems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thrift, Nigel

Amin, Ash

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Prologue ix

1. The Grounds of Politics 1

2. Leftist Beginnings 17

3. Reinventing the Political 39

4. Contemporary Leftist Thought 77

5. Organizing Politics 111

6. Eurocracy and Its Publics 135

7. Affective Politics 157

Epilogue 187

Notes 201

References 211

Index 227

Über Autor(innen)

Ash Amin is Professor of Geography at Cambridge University. He is the author of Land of Strangers and coauthor (with Patrick Cohendet) of Architectures of Knowledge: Firms, Capabilities, and Communities.Nigel Thrift is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick. He is the author of Non-Representational Theory: Space, Politics, Affect and Knowing Capitalism. Amin and Thrift are the authors of Cities: Reimagining the Urban.