|
|
books
| book details |
On Political Impasse: Power, Resistance, and New Forms of Selfhood
By (author) Dr Antonio Calcagno
|
| on special |
normal price: R 5 759.95
Price: R 5 471.95
|
| book description |
Power is classically understood as the playing out of relations between the ruler and the ruled. Political impasse is often viewed as a moment in which no clear-cut delineation of power exists, resulting in an overwhelming sense of frustration or feeling stuck in a no-win situation. The new globalised world has produced a real shift in how power works: not only has power been concentrated in the hands of very few while many millions become more oppressed by radical shortages and growing costs, but we also have a new category of political subjectivity in which many find themselves neither rulers nor radically oppressed. Those who live the neither/nor of contemporary power live the new global impasse. For those of us who are stuck and compelled to wait for dominant power to break, this book uncovers possibilities in thought, imagination, and self-appropriation through oikeiosis, that is, making oneself at home in oneself, and constancy.
| product details |
Normally shipped |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published date | 13 Jan 2022
Language |
Format | Hardback
Pages | 224
Dimensions | 216 x 138 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 408g
ISBN | 978-1-3502-6847-0
Readership Age |
BISAC | philosophy / political
| other options |
|
|
To view the items in your trolley please sign in.
| sign in |
|
|
|
| specials |
|
This is indeed a story of mercy and the redemption it offers.
|
Emil Coetzee, a civil servant in his fifties, is washing blood off his hands when the ceasefire is announced.
|
An epic love story with the pulse of a thriller that asks: what would you risk for a second chance at first love?
|
|
|
|
