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An archaeology of the political : regimes of power from the seventeenth century to the present, Elías José Palti

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In the past few decades, much political-philosophical reflection has been dedicated to the realm of "the political." Many of the key figures in contemporary political theory - Jacques Rancière, Alain Badiou, Reinhart Koselleck, Giorgio Agamben, Ernesto Laclau, and Slavoj Žižek, among others - have dedicated themselves to explaining power relations, but in many cases they take the concept of the political for granted, as if it were a given, an eternal essence. In An Archaeology of the Political, Elías José Palti argues that the dimension of reality known as the political is not a natural, transhistorical entity. Instead, he claims that the horizon of the political arose in the context of a series of changes that affirmed the power of absolute monarchies in seventeenth-century Europe and was successively reconfigured from this period up to the present. Palti traces this series of redefinitions accompanying alterations in regimes of power, thus describing a genealogy of the concept of the political. Perhaps most important, An Archaeology of the Political brings to theoretical discussions a sound historical perspective, illuminating the complex influences of both theology and secularization on our understanding of the political in the contemporary world. --
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eng
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xx, 235 pages
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  • The theological genesis of the political
  • The tragic scene : the symbolic nature of power and the problem of expression
  • The discourse of emancipation and the emergence of democracy as a problem : the Latin American case
  • The rebirth of the tragic scene and the emergence of the political as a conceptual problem
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9780231179928
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An archaeology of the political : regimes of power from the seventeenth century to the present
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An archaeology of the political
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regimes of power from the seventeenth century to the present
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Elías José Palti
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eng
Summary
In the past few decades, much political-philosophical reflection has been dedicated to the realm of "the political." Many of the key figures in contemporary political theory - Jacques Rancière, Alain Badiou, Reinhart Koselleck, Giorgio Agamben, Ernesto Laclau, and Slavoj Žižek, among others - have dedicated themselves to explaining power relations, but in many cases they take the concept of the political for granted, as if it were a given, an eternal essence. In An Archaeology of the Political, Elías José Palti argues that the dimension of reality known as the political is not a natural, transhistorical entity. Instead, he claims that the horizon of the political arose in the context of a series of changes that affirmed the power of absolute monarchies in seventeenth-century Europe and was successively reconfigured from this period up to the present. Palti traces this series of redefinitions accompanying alterations in regimes of power, thus describing a genealogy of the concept of the political. Perhaps most important, An Archaeology of the Political brings to theoretical discussions a sound historical perspective, illuminating the complex influences of both theology and secularization on our understanding of the political in the contemporary world. --
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Palti, Elías José
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Columbia studies in political thought/political history
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  • Power (Social sciences)
  • Political science
  • Sovereignty
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An archaeology of the political : regimes of power from the seventeenth century to the present, Elías José Palti
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The theological genesis of the political -- The tragic scene : the symbolic nature of power and the problem of expression -- The discourse of emancipation and the emergence of democracy as a problem : the Latin American case -- The rebirth of the tragic scene and the emergence of the political as a conceptual problem
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ocn962441461
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24 cm.
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xx, 235 pages
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9780231179928
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2016034387
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illustrations
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(OCoLC)1050146542
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An archaeology of the political : regimes of power from the seventeenth century to the present, Elías José Palti
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
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  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The theological genesis of the political -- The tragic scene : the symbolic nature of power and the problem of expression -- The discourse of emancipation and the emergence of democracy as a problem : the Latin American case -- The rebirth of the tragic scene and the emergence of the political as a conceptual problem
Control code
ocn962441461
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xx, 235 pages
Isbn
9780231179928
Lccn
2016034387
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1050146542

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