The Politics of Nihilism: From the Nineteenth Century to Contemporary Israel

Book Overview

Contemporary politics is faced, on the one hand, with political stagnation and lack of a progressive vision on the side of formal, institutional politics, and, on the other, with various social movements that venture to challenge modern understandings of representation, participation, and democracy. Interestingly, both institutional and anti-institutional sides of this antagonism tend to accuse each other of "nihilism", namely, of mere oppositional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623561485
• ISBN13: 9781623561482
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"