Scatter 1: The Politics of Politics in Foucault, Heidegger, and Derrida

by Geoffrey Bennington

Book Overview

What if political rhetoric is unavoidable, an irreducible part of politics itself? In contrast to the familiar denunciations of political horse-trading, grandstanding, and corporate manipulation from those lamenting the crisis in liberal democracy, this book argues that the "politics of politics," usually associated with rhetoric and sophistry, is, like it or not, part of politics from the start.

Denunciations of the sorry state of current...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082327053X
• ISBN13: 9780823270538
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"