A tribute to and a critical engagement with one of the most creative political philosophers of the 20th century: the essays by Flynn, Arato, Cohen, Howard and others, collected by Martin Plot, bring to full life the entwinement of the social, the aesthetic and the political which was at the center of Lefort's work.
Alessandro Ferrara, Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy and Former President of the Italian Association of Political Philosophy.
Claude Lefort was one of the most seminal political theorists to reflect on the enduring meanings of democracy in the shadow of 20th century totalitarianism. I highly recommend this fine book, which brings together a range of important and insightful commentators to reflect on Lefort's thinking and its continuing legacy.
Jeffrey C. Isaac, James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, USA
'Lefort's oeuvre appears as crucial for our understanding of the political as that of Leo Strauss, whose antithesis it forms in many respects. Inventing rights and disincorporating power are the principles of his theory of democracy beyond the revolutionary age, as this collection by the best experts brilliantly demonstrate.'
Professor Emeritus of moral and political philosophy at Université de Paris X - Nanterre and Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine
