A Leftist Ontology: Beyond Relativism and Identity Politics - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816650306 ISBN 13: 9780816650309

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2009

Synopsis

A new ontology for a globalized world

Rich with analyses of concepts from deconstruction, systems theory, and post-Marxism, with critiques of fundamentalist thought and the war on terror, this volume argues for developing a philosophy of being in order to overcome the quandary of postmodern relativism. Undergirding the contributions are the premises that ontology is a vital concept for philosophy today, that an acceptable leftist ontology must avoid the kind of identity politics that has dominated recent cultural studies, and that a new ontology must be situated within global capitalism.

A Leftist Ontology offers a timely intervention in political philosophy, featuring some of the leading voices of our time.

Contributors: Bruno Bosteels, Cornell U; Christopher Breu, Illinois State U; Nicholas Brown, U of Illinois at Chicago; Sorin Radu Cucu, Manhattan College; George Edmondson, Dartmouth College; Eva Geulen, U of Bonn; Philip Goldstein, U of Delaware; Klaus Mladek, Dartmouth College; Alberto Moreiras, U of Aberdeen; Jeffrey T. Nealon, Pennsylvania State U; William Rasch, Indiana U; Ben Robinson, Indiana U; Imre Szeman, McMaster U; Roland Vegso, U of Tennessee, Knoxville.

About this title

About the Authors

Carsten Strathausen is associate professor of German and English at the University of Missouri. He is the author of The Look of Things: Poetry and Vision around 1900.

William E. Connolly is professor and chair of political science at the Johns Hopkins University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816650306
• ISBN 13: 9780816650309
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Strathausen Carsten