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Trace of Political Representation

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A philosophical analysis of the discourses, practices, and effects of representation in political institutions, focusing on American democracy.The Trace of Political Representation is a philosophical analysis of the discourses, practices, and effects of representation in political institutions, with an ultimate interest in contemporary American democracy. The perspective governing its approach is derived largely from Foucault, and tempered by a range of contemporary philosophers, including Derrida, Pitkin, and Castoriadis.Seitz explores and questions the traditional, metaphysical notion that what gets represented in the apparatuses and processes of representation is a political subject or identity (for example, will, opinion, interests) that exists fundamentally independent of and prior to that process. To accomplish this, he sketches out a historical articulation of several prominent formations of political representation from the past and then focuses on more contemporary political developments and dynamics, including the impact of "communications" technology and culture on the processes and institutions of representation.

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Utgivningsdatum1995-05-19
Vikt499 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in Radical Social and Political Theory
Antal sidor232
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791423653

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Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: The Position of Political Representation PART ONE Archaeological Fragments of Political Representation Chapter I. Introducing the Metaphysics of Substitution Examples and specifics.The one and the many problems.Chapter II. Representing England Twice From the general to the specific.The community of representation in medieval EnglandThe force of representation."The politicians of metaphysics..."(and virtual representation)Chapter III. Common Sense and the Constitution of Representation Actually in America.Powering discourse, locking in to consent.Mixing representation: a house divided.Representation distributed.PART TWO Putting Some Pieces Together (and Taking Them Apart Again) Chapter IV. Achieving Ends: The Service of Representation Getting lost in translation.The legitimation and rationalization of formations of power, and discourse.Instrumenting representation.Chapter V. Counting Images of the Political Subject Driving forces.Hierarchies of difference: return of the One and the many.What counts.Chapter VI. Assuming Positions: Representative Democracy and Warfare State of war.Informing the subject.The war room: affirming conflict.Notes Bibliography Index

"Seitz's book is a very fine example of a genre that we can expect to see gaining ascendancy in the next few years—a kind of genealogy of certain key political concepts, in this case 'representation.' As such, this work is at the cutting edge of a kind of politico-philosophical work that has its inspiration in Foucault, but is sustained by independent research." — Robert Bernasconi, University of Memphis