Theory of the Political Subject Void Universalism II Interventions Series
Auteur : Prozorov Sergei
Together these two companion volumes develop an innovative theory of world politics, grounded in the reinterpretation of the concepts of ?world? and ?politics? from an ontological perspective.
Theory of the Political Subject continues the project of reconstruction of political universalism begun in Ontology of World Politics. Having redefined world politics in terms of the affirmation of the universal ontological axioms of freedom, equality and community in an infinite multiplicity of particular situations or ?worlds?, in this book Prozorov focuses on the way this affirmation is actually practiced, analysing the conditions for the emergence within a world of the subject of its radical transformation. Drawing on the contemporary reassessment of the notion of the subject in continental political thought, particularly the work of Alain Badiou, Prozorov defines the political subject in terms of one?s subtraction from the positive order of one?s world, the weakening of one?s particular identity that makes possible one?s participation in the affirmation of the universal. The book proceeds with outlining the path of the political subject within its world, from the point of its inception to its confrontation with ethical, epistemic and other limits to its activity. This account of the subjective aspect of world politics also offers new and stimulating perspectives on such key issues of political theory as the relation of politics to human nature, the role of violence in politics and the conditioning of politics by philosophical or scientific knowledge.
Systematic and accessible, these works will be key reading for all students and scholars of political science and international relations.
Introduction:Occupy the Void!Chapter 1. The Inexistent: Objects and Subjects of World Politics Chapter 2. The Idea of the Wrong Chapter 3. Politics and Evil 4. Politics and Violence Chapter 5: Politics and Knowledge Chapter 6. Why Not Everything is Political
Sergei Prozorov is University Lecturer in World Politics at the University of Helsinki and Academy of Finland Research Fellow. He is the author of four monographs and has also published numerous articles on political philosophy and international relations in major international journals.
Date de parution : 09-2013
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 09-2013
15.6x23.4 cm
Thème de Theory of the Political Subject :
Mots-clés :
Interventions; Prozorov; community; equality; freedom; ontology; phenomenology; universalism; Political Affirmation; world politics; Maximal Existence; Inexistent Object; Transcendental Order; Ontological Mood; Infi Nite Worlds; Truth Procedure; Affi Rmation; Universal Axioms; Disqualifi Cation; Ontological Axioms; Experimentum Linguae; Transcendental Indexing; Positive World; Inexistent Element; Universal Affi Rmation; Fi Delity; Infi Nite Process; World’s Apparatuses; Atonic World; Physical Annihilation; Negative Foundation; Equal Beings; Identitarian Predicate; Tensed World