Democracy in the Political Present
Democracy in the Political Present
A Queer-Feminist Theory
by Isabell Lorey

Auteur(s)
Isabell Lorey
Uitgever
London ; New York : Verso, 2022
Omvang
240 p., 21 cm.
ISBN
9781839767333

“Presentist democracy is without a people and without nation. Rather than regimes of borders and migration, its borders are sexism and racism, homo- and transphobia, colonialism and extractivism.” In the midst of the crises and threats to liberal democracy, Isabell Lorey develops a democracy in the present tense; one which breaks open political certainties and linear concepts of progress and growth. Her queer feminist political theory formulates a fundamental critique of masculinist concepts of the people, representation, institutions, and the multitude. In doing so, she unfolds an original concept of a presentist democracy based on care and interrelatedness, on the irreducibility of responsibilities, one which cannot be conceived of without social movements’ past struggles and current practices.


Trefwoorden
(in)equity , feminism , queerness , politics , justice , care , democracy
Locatie in de bibliotheek
Kast 30 - 5: Seksualiteit ; gender en ruimte
Extra thema's
Sexuality, Gender and Space
Opmerkingen
Includes notes, bibliography, index ; temporarily located kast 30 - 4 : Tentacular Thinking ; Mind Map