Ethics and Politics in Contemporary Theory between Critical Theory and Post-Marxism (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory)

Devenney, Mark

Routledge（2014/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 206 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780415868181
• DDC分類 335.4

Full Description

In addressing the political and theoretical debates between critical and post-Marxist theorists, this book discusses the politics of communication and rationality, subjectivity, sovereignty, ethics and deliberative democracy, considering questions such as:

* Does the theory of communicative action justify deliberative democracy?
* Is a theory of hegemony compatible with an account which relies upon an ideal of communicative success?
* Is autonomy a good which should be fostered?
* Can the ideal of democracy extend beyond the nation state?
* Does post-Marxism have anything interesting to say about ethics?

Analysing the work of Ernesto Laclau and Jürgen Habermas - as representatives of different choices made in regard to theory, politics and morality - Ethics and Politics in Contemporary Theory develops a critical response to the contrasting conclusions of these approaches.

Contents

1. The Ends of Marx(ism)?2. Language, Communication, Performativity3. Performativity and Politics: From Habermas to Laclau4. Politics, Idealisation and Performativity5. Quasi-Transcendentalism and Critical Theory6. The Politics of Subjectivity7. Deliberative or Radical Democracy? The Politics of Performativity8. Post-Structuralism and Democratic Theory9. Ethics and Politics in Discourse Theory