Temporal Politics

Adrian Little is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Melbourne. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in recognition of his research in areas including political theory, democratic politics, Indigenous-settler relations and the politics of Northern Ireland. Previous books include Enduring Conflict (Bloomsbury, 2014), Democratic Piety (Edinburgh University Press, 2008), Democracy and Northern Ireland (Palgrave, 2004) and The Politics of Community (Edinburgh University Press, 2002).

• PrefacePart I1. The Context of Temporal Politics2. Rethinking Time3. Time and TemporalityPart II4. Contesting the Past. Temporality in Indigenous Politics5. Locating the Present in the Past and Future. The Complex Temporality of Borders 6. Uncertain Futures. The Temporality of DemocracyPart III7. From Process Philosophy to Temporal Politics8. Coda. Contested Pasts, Uncertain FuturesBibliography

Little’s Temporal Politics urges a reimagined understanding of temporality in the study of politics. [...] The successive content chapters offer a political account of temporality and temporal accounts of political events.