What Times Are We Living In? - A conversation with Eric Hazan

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Current Politics Unraveled - for critical intellectuals

"What Times Are We Living In?" delves into contemporary politics, analyzing current developments in the light of Jacques Ranciere's writings. Ranciere critiques the oligarchic class of professional politicians and leftist animosity towards electoral politics. He discusses contemporary political movements and figures and offers a trenchant critique of radical politics. The unique feature of the book is its reflection on the present, rather than history, as the only time in politics, where unequal servitude is renewed or the paths of emancipation are invented. Overall, this short book is a must-read for those interested in critical political analysis.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

What Times Are We Living In? - A conversation with Eric Hazan

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ISBN: 9781509536993
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: RM63.63 MYR
Publisher: Polity
Date of Publication: 2020-12-07
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, Sociology, Philosophy
Goodreads rating: 4.25
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In this short book, Jacques Ranci�re takes stock of the state of contemporary politics and examines current developments in the light of his writings. Ranci�re takes issue with what he sees as the consolidation in recent years of an increasingly oligarchic class of professional politicians within the system of representative democracy, while simultaneously objecting to leftist animosity towards electoral politics. He discusses a wide range of contemporary political movements and figures, from Nuit debout and Marine le Pen to Occupy, Trump, Syriza and Podemos, and he offers a trenchant critique of a variety of ideas and thinkers associated with radical politics, such as the ideas of immaterial labour and cognitive capitalism and the concept of insurrection put forward by the Invisible Committee. But above all he talks about the time in which it makes sense to talk about all this, a time for which history has made no promises and the past has left no lessons, only moments to be extended as far as possible. In politics, there are only presents. It is at every moment that the bonds of unequal servitude are renewed or that the paths of emancipation are invented. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Jacques Ranci�re and Eric Hazan, this timely reflection by one of the most influential radical thinkers writing today will be of interest to a wide readership.
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