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028			_aAtlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd. _b;7/22, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002 _c;1099667 _d;09/08/2019
082			_a321.8 AGA
100			_aGiorgio Agamben _a; William McCuaig
245			_aDemocracy in what state? _c/Giorgio Agamben
260			_aNew York _b: Columbia University Press _c, ©2011.
300			_aix, 130 pages _c;20 cm.
365			_b1588
490			_aNew directions in critical theory.
505			_aForeword by the French Publisher; Translator's Note; Introductory Note on the Concept of Democracy -Giorgio Agamben; The Democratic Emblem -Alain Badiou; Permanent Scandal -Daniel Bensaïd; "We Are All Democrats Now ..." -Wendy Brown; Finite and Infinite Democracy -Jean-Luc Nancy; Democracies Against Democracy: An Interview with Eric Hazan -Jacques Rancière; Democracy for Sale -Kristin Ross; From Democracy to Divine Violences -Slavoj žižek; Notes; Authors.
520			_aIs it meaningful, as far as you are concerned, to call oneself a democrat? And if so, how do you interpret the word?"" In responding to this question, eight iconoclastic thinkers prove the rich potential of democracy and its critical weaknesses. They also reconceive the practice to accommodate new political and cultural realities. Giorgio Agamben traces the tense history of constitutions and their coexistence with various governments. Alain Badiou contrasts current democratic practice with democratic communism. Daniel Bensaid ponders the institutionalization of democracy, while Wendy.
650			_aSocial Sciences
655			_a;Democracy _bPOLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy.
700			_aWilliam McCuaig
942			_cBOOK