In this book, Michael Clifford lays the groundwork for the formalization of political genealogy as a recognized methodology of theoretical inquiry. Appealing to scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities, this book looks to our future by focusing on the history of our present and on what being a political subject will be like in a post-representational world.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Political Genealogy: Towards a Critical Methodology
The Three Axes of Political Genealogy
Truth, Power, Self: A Genealogical Consolidation
Chapter 3: Rethinking the Central Concepts of Political Theory
Sovereignty: The Ghosts of Power
(Un)Natural Sovereignty
Chapter 4: Citizenry in Peril: The Futility of Trust in the Modern State
In Sod We Trust
The Whiggish Marriage of Freedom and Commerce
Malcolm X and the Politics of Declaration
Declaring the Contract Void: Democratic Impotency and
Post-Representational Politics
Chapter 5: Political Genealogy in Praxis
The Dark Continent: On Genealogy and Geography
The Self as a Practice
Being There: On Violence, Empathy, and Identity
Chapter 6: Empowerment: Theoretical and Political Possibilities
The Libertarian Fallacy
From Scroll to Screen: On the Sur(faces ) of Political Identity
Beyond Diversity: Managing the Identity Crises of the 21st C
Conclusion
