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Since the time of Plato, political philosophy has attempted to create a secure basis upon which to build the prescriptive claims for political action. However, if knowledge is a human construction, not the discovery of some essential reality, is it possible to support collective acts by reference to such foundational claims? If not, we must rethink our understanding society, politics, and the exercise of power.
Beginning with the premise that our knowledge of political and social life is historical and contingent, Andrew Koch seeks to re-conceptualize our understanding of politics and power. Koch moves the discussions of power and politics away from search for foundational truths. Viewing politics and power through an epistemological lens, he explores what our understanding of politics and power looks like in the wake of deconstruction and genealogy.
Koch begins with a general overview of the poststructuralist epistemology. From there the work contrasts this position with the interpretive sociology of Max Weber, uses deconstruction to politicize the work of Niklas Luhmann, and explores the implications of deconstruction for democracy, Marxist theory, institutional power, and anarchist politics.
Contents
Chapter 1 Poststructuralism and Political Philosophy
Chapter 2 The Methods of Inquiry: Weber and Poststructuralism
Chapter 3 Niklas Luhmann, Jacqeus Derrida and the Politics of Epistemological Closure
Chapter 4 Democracy and Personal Autonomy
Chapter 5 Marx, Derrida, and the Politics of Emancipation
Chapter 6 Conclusion: The Epistemological Crisis in Contemporary Politics
