Politics As Radical Creation

Herbert Marcuse and Hannah Arendt on Political Performativity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Politics as Radical Creation examines the meaning of democratic practice through the critical social theory of the Frankfurt School. It provides an understanding of democratic politics as a potentially performative good-in-itself, undertaken not just to the extent that it seeks to achieve a certain extrinsic goal, but also in that it functions as a medium for the expression of creative human impulses. Christopher Holman develops this potential model through a critical examination of the political philosophies of Herbert Marcuse and Hannah Arendt.Holman argues that, while Arendt and Marcuse’s respective theorizations each ultimately restrict the potential scope of creative human expression, their juxtaposition – which has not been previously explored – results in a more comprehensive theory of democratic existence, one that is uniquely able to affirm the creative capacities of the human being. Yielding important theoretical results that will interest scholars of each theorist and of theories of democracy more generally, Politics as Radical Creation provides a valuable means for rethinking the nature of contemporary democratic practice.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2013-08-28
Mått162 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt560 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781442644885

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Introduction: Marcuse, Arendt, and the Idea of PoliticsChapter One: Marcuse’s Critique and Reformulation of the Philosophical Concept of Essence Culture and Bourgeois FreedomCritical Theory and the Ethical Imperative: Happiness-Reason-FreedomHegel and the Dialectic of NegativityEssence and the Dialectic of LabourChapter Two: The Dialectic of Instinctual Liberation: Essence and Non-Repressive Sublimation The Problem of Repression: Individual and Social, Basic and SurplusThe Affirmation of Sensuousness: Primary Narcissism and Non-Repressive SublimationNon-Repressive Sublimation and Non-Alienated LabourChapter Three: The Problem of Politics Marx’s Political AmbiguityThe Limits of Western MarxismMarcuse’s Reproduction of the Marxian Anti-PoliticsAdministration as Domination and LiberationChapter Four: Hannah Arendt’s Theory of Public Freedom Performativity and Essence: The Need for Radical CreationThe Subject of Radical Creation: Politics and the WeAgonism, Democracy, and Political ObjectificationArendt and Revolutionary HistoryThe Institutionalization of the Revolutionary Impulse: The Council TraditionChapter Five: Marcuse Contra Arendt: Dialectics, Destiny, Distinction Questioning Distinction: the Vita Activa and Marx’s Ontology of LabourArendt’s Critique of the Dialectic: On the Need for DistinctionMarcuse’s Critique of Non-Dialectical DialecticsChapter Six: Marcuse: Reconsidering the Political The Theory of the Radical ActThe Affirmation of Socialist NaturePolitics and the New LeftSpontaneity and the Council TraditionConclusion: From the New Left to Global Justice and from the Councils toCochabambaWorks Cited

‘Holman’s is a compelling and important project… with its timely rich analysis of the parallels between Arendt and Marcuse, Holman’s book is well positioned to inspire and propel forward such work.’- Jennie Han (Theory and Event vol 17:03:2014) ‘Politics as Radical Creation consists of rigorous interpretations of texts by Marcuse and Arendt, that bring out the richness of these texts and suggest promising possibilities for further connections between critical theory and Arendt’s political thinking.’- Michiel Bot (Political Theory June 2016)