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The Book of Politics

- China in Theory
Af: Michael Dutton Engelsk Hardback

The Book of Politics

- China in Theory
Af: Michael Dutton Engelsk Hardback
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In The Book of Politics, Michael Dutton offers an affective theorization of the political and a political theorization of affect. Drawing on Western and Chinese social theory and practice, Dutton rethinks Carl Schmitt’s insistence that the political can be thought of only within the antagonistic pairing of friend and enemy. Dutton shows how the power of the friend/enemy binary must be understood by conceptualizing the political as the channeling, harnessing, and transforming of affective energy flows in relation to that binary. Given this affective nature of politics, Dutton contends that to rethink the political means moving away from a political science toward an art of the political. Such an art highlights fluidity and pulls away from Eurocentric political theory, requiring a conceptualization of the political as global. He juxtaposes ancient Chinese cosmology, medicine, and Maoism against the monuments of early capitalist modernity such as the Crystal Palace and the Eiffel Tower to highlight the differences in political investments and intensities. From the Chinese revolution to the global rise of right-wing movements, Dutton rethinks politics in the contemporary world.
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In The Book of Politics, Michael Dutton offers an affective theorization of the political and a political theorization of affect. Drawing on Western and Chinese social theory and practice, Dutton rethinks Carl Schmitt’s insistence that the political can be thought of only within the antagonistic pairing of friend and enemy. Dutton shows how the power of the friend/enemy binary must be understood by conceptualizing the political as the channeling, harnessing, and transforming of affective energy flows in relation to that binary. Given this affective nature of politics, Dutton contends that to rethink the political means moving away from a political science toward an art of the political. Such an art highlights fluidity and pulls away from Eurocentric political theory, requiring a conceptualization of the political as global. He juxtaposes ancient Chinese cosmology, medicine, and Maoism against the monuments of early capitalist modernity such as the Crystal Palace and the Eiffel Tower to highlight the differences in political investments and intensities. From the Chinese revolution to the global rise of right-wing movements, Dutton rethinks politics in the contemporary world.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 440
ISBN-13: 9781478025948
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1478025948
Kategori: China
Udg. Dato: 18 okt 2024
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: Duke University Press
Oplagsdato: 18 okt 2024
Forfatter(e): Michael Dutton
Forfatter(e) Michael Dutton


Kategori China


ISBN-13 9781478025948


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 440


Udgave


Længde 0mm


Bredde 152mm


Højde 229mm


Udg. Dato 18 okt 2024


Oplagsdato 18 okt 2024


Forlag Duke University Press

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