An Archaeology of the Political: Regimes of Power from the Seventeenth Century to the Present

by Elías José Palti

Book Overview

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 Ranciere, 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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231179928
• ISBN13: 9780231179928
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"