The Resource Imagined sovereignties : the power of the people and other myths of the modern age, Kevin Olson
Imagined sovereignties : the power of the people and other myths of the modern age, Kevin Olson
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- Summary
- "Movements like the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and the Tea Party embody some of our deepest intuitions about popular politics and 'the power of the people'. They also expose tensions and shortcomings in our understanding of these ideals. We typically see 'the people' as having a special, sovereign power. Despite the centrality of this idea in our thinking, we have little understanding of why it has such importance. Imagined Sovereignties probes the considerable force that 'the people' exercises on our thought and practice. Like the imagined communities described by Benedict Anderson, popular politics is formed around shared, imaginary constructs rooted in our collective imagination. This book investigates these 'imagined sovereignties' in a genealogy traversing the French Enlightenment, the Haitian Revolution, and nineteenth-century Haitian constitutionalism. It problematizes taken-for-granted ideas about popular politics and provokes new ways of imagining the power of the people"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 219 pages
- Contents
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- 1. Imagining politics; 2. 'Sovereignty is an artificial soul'
- Ernesto Laclau and Benedict Anderson in dialogue; 3. How do we write a history of normative practices?
- Castoriadis, Taylor, Foucault; 4. The problem of the people in Enlightenment France
- a short genealogy of political collectivity; 5. Chimeras of political identity
- intermediate reflections on the pathways of political imagination; 6. Sovereign imaginaries of the Revolutionary Caribbean; 7. Conscripted by modernity?
- imagining sovereignty in the wake of colonialism; 8. Imagining the power of the people
- critical reflections on the sovereignties of our time
- Isbn
- 9781107113237
- Label
- Imagined sovereignties : the power of the people and other myths of the modern age
- Title
- Imagined sovereignties
- Title remainder
- the power of the people and other myths of the modern age
- Statement of responsibility
- Kevin Olson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Movements like the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and the Tea Party embody some of our deepest intuitions about popular politics and 'the power of the people'. They also expose tensions and shortcomings in our understanding of these ideals. We typically see 'the people' as having a special, sovereign power. Despite the centrality of this idea in our thinking, we have little understanding of why it has such importance. Imagined Sovereignties probes the considerable force that 'the people' exercises on our thought and practice. Like the imagined communities described by Benedict Anderson, popular politics is formed around shared, imaginary constructs rooted in our collective imagination. This book investigates these 'imagined sovereignties' in a genealogy traversing the French Enlightenment, the Haitian Revolution, and nineteenth-century Haitian constitutionalism. It problematizes taken-for-granted ideas about popular politics and provokes new ways of imagining the power of the people"--
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- Olson, Kevin
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Political participation
- Identity politics
- Group identity
- Sovereignty
- Label
- Imagined sovereignties : the power of the people and other myths of the modern age, Kevin Olson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- 1. Imagining politics; 2. 'Sovereignty is an artificial soul' -- Ernesto Laclau and Benedict Anderson in dialogue; 3. How do we write a history of normative practices? -- Castoriadis, Taylor, Foucault; 4. The problem of the people in Enlightenment France -- a short genealogy of political collectivity; 5. Chimeras of political identity -- intermediate reflections on the pathways of political imagination; 6. Sovereign imaginaries of the Revolutionary Caribbean; 7. Conscripted by modernity? -- imagining sovereignty in the wake of colonialism; 8. Imagining the power of the people -- critical reflections on the sovereignties of our time
- Control code
- FIEb1784762x
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 219 pages
- Isbn
- 9781107113237
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)930258100
- Label
- Imagined sovereignties : the power of the people and other myths of the modern age, Kevin Olson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- 1. Imagining politics; 2. 'Sovereignty is an artificial soul' -- Ernesto Laclau and Benedict Anderson in dialogue; 3. How do we write a history of normative practices? -- Castoriadis, Taylor, Foucault; 4. The problem of the people in Enlightenment France -- a short genealogy of political collectivity; 5. Chimeras of political identity -- intermediate reflections on the pathways of political imagination; 6. Sovereign imaginaries of the Revolutionary Caribbean; 7. Conscripted by modernity? -- imagining sovereignty in the wake of colonialism; 8. Imagining the power of the people -- critical reflections on the sovereignties of our time
- Control code
- FIEb1784762x
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 219 pages
- Isbn
- 9781107113237
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)930258100
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