{"product_id":"the-making-of-political-identities-paperback","title":"The Making of Political Identities - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErnesto Laclau\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis lively book examines the major issues raised by the emergence and transformation of various political identities in the contemporary world. The contributors bring together many current trends of thought--Lacanian psychoanalysis, deconstruction, neo-Hegelianism and political philosophy--that are relevant to the question of identity, as well as concrete studies of some of the more important political identities which have emerged in recent decades. A central theme of the book is the logic implicit in the Freudian category of identification and its consequences for understanding politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first half of the book explores the theoretical dimensions of the issue of identity formation. The second half brings these more abstract considerations to bear on a number of case studies--the structure of apartheid in South Africa, the rise of Islam, the Palestinian diaspora, the explosion of national identities in former Yugoslavia, the Greens in Germany, and the spread of Rastafarianism in Britain.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the major issues raised by the emergence and transformation of various political identities in the contemporary world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnesto Laclau\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Government, University of Essex, and Distinguished Professor for Humanities and Rhetorical Studies at Northwestern University. He is the author of, amongst other works, \u003ci\u003eHegemony and Socialist Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e (with Chantal Mouffe), \u003ci\u003eNew Reflections of the Revolution of Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Populist Reason\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eContingency, Hegemony, Universality\u003c\/i\u003e (with Judith Butler and Slavoj Zizek), and \u003ci\u003eEmancipation(s)\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRenata Salcel\u003c\/b\u003e is a philosopher and sociologist. She is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Criminology, University of Ljublijana, Slovenia, and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Spoils of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e and, edited with Slavoj Žižek, \u003ci\u003eGaze and Voice as Love Objects\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSlavoj Žižek\u003c\/b\u003e is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include \u003ci\u003eLiving in the End Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFirst as Tragedy, Then as Farce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Lost Causes\u003c\/i\u003e, four volumes of the Essential Žižek, and many more.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.19 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52932700733747,"sku":"9780860916635","price":35.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/QPuq5JYPy39780860916635.webp?v=1767873235","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-making-of-political-identities-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}