Surging Democracy: Notes on Hannah Arendt's Political Thought

by Adriana Cavarero

Book Overview

What does a truly democratic experience of political action look like today? In this provocative new work, Adriana Cavarero weighs in on contemporary debates about the relationship between democracy, happiness, and dissent. Drawing on Arendt's understanding of politics as a participatory experience, but also discussing texts by mile Zola, Elias Canetti, Boris Pasternak, and Roland Barthes, along with engaging Judith Butler, Cavarero proposes a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503628132
• ISBN13: 9781503628137
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.4"