Politics of Possibility: Encountering the Radical Imagination

by Olson,Gary A.

• ISBN13: 9781594514456
• ISBN10: 1594514453
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2008-02-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In the probing interviews in this vibrant new book, eminent scholars struggle with some of the most crucial issues facing contemporary intellectuals. Poststructuralist philosopher Judith Butler discusses the 'œpain' of rigorous intellectual work, saying that it is 'œnecessarily extremely hard labor,' as she examines the intersection of discourse and political action. Award-winning filmmaker, philosopher, and social theorist David Theo Goldberg reviews his life's work, especially on issues of racism. Literary critic and feminist philosopher Avital Ronell sets out to disrupt the standard logic of signification, to force readers into fresh ways of perceiving a subject at hand. Postcolonial theorist Homi Bhabha discusses how critical literacy is intimately connected to the question of democratic representation, and he elaborates on how cultural difference can lead to a politics of discrimination. And neo-Marxist cultural critic Slavoj Žižek takes readers on an exhilarating journey through a wide range of critical subjects.

Table of Contents

Foreword: When the Darkness Comes and Hope Is Subversive	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Changing the Subject: Judith Butler's Politics of Radical Resignification	p. 5
On the State of Race Theory: A Conversation with David Theo Goldberg	p. 43
Confessions of an Anacoluthon: Avital Ronell on Writing, Technology, Pedagogy, Politics	p. 89
Staging the Politics of Difference: Homi Bhabha's Critical Literacy	p. 127
Slavoj Zizek: Philosopher, Cultural Critic, and Cyber-Communist	p. 161
Index	p. 197
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