Democracy in the Political Present - A Queer-Feminist Theory
Author(s): Isabell Lorey
"Presentist democracy is without a people and without nation. Rather than regimes of borders and migration, its borders are sexism and racism, homo- and transphobia, colonialism and extractivism."
In the midst of the crises and threats to liberal democracy, Isabell Lorey develops a democracy in the present tense; one which breaks open political certainties and linear concepts of progress and growth. Her queer feminist political theory formulates a fundamental critique of masculinist concepts of the people, representation, institutions and the multitude. In doing so, she unfolds an original concept of a presentist democracy based on care and interrelatedness, on the irreducibility of responsibilities - one which cannot be conceived of without social movements' past struggles and current practices.
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- : Verso Books
- : Verso
- : 0.232239
- : 01 November 2022
- : .63 Inches X 5.5 Inches X 8.25 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Isabell Lorey
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 240