Stasis Before the State: Nine Theses on Agonistic Democracy by Dimitris Vardoula

Description: Stasis Before the State by Dimitris Vardoulakis How is political change possible when even the most radical revolutions only reproduce sovereign power? Via the analysis of the contradictory meanings of stasis, Vardoulakis argues that the opportunity for political change is located in the agonistic relation between sovereignty and democracy and thus demands a radical rethinking. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book critiques the relation between sovereignty and democracy. Across nine theses, Vardoulakis argues that sovereignty asserts its power by establishing exclusions: the sovereign excluding other citizens from power and excludes refugees and immigrants from citizenship. Within this structure, to resist sovereignty is to reproduce the logic of exclusion characteristic of sovereignty.In contrast to this "ruse of sovereignty," Vardoulakis proposes an alternative model for political change. He argues that democracy can be understood as the structure of power that does not rely on exclusions and whose relation to sovereignty is marked not by exclusion but of incessant agonism.The term stasis, which refers both to the state and to revolution against it, offers a tension that helps to show how the democratic imperative is presupposed by the logic of sovereignty, and how agonism is more primary than exclusion. In elaborating this ancient but only recently recovered concept of stasis, Vardoulakis illustrates the radical potential of democracy to move beyond the logic of exclusion and the ruse of sovereignty. Author Biography Dimitris Vardoulakis is Associate Professor and deputy chair of philosophy at Western Sydney University. Table of Contents Preamble, or On Agonistic Monism Thesis 1 Constituent power forges the distinction between democracy and sovereignty Thesis 2 Sovereign violence is always justified violence Thesis 3 The different ways in which violence is justified delineate different forms of sovereignty Intermezzo 1 Sovereignty and the Refugee Thesis 4 Judgment is constitutive of democracy Thesis 5 Judgement establishes the agonistic relation between democracy and sovereignty by dejusti-fying violence Thesis 6 Democratic judgment shows the imbrication of the ontological, the political and the ethical Intermezzo 2 The Refugee and Resistance to Sovereign Power Thesis 7 Stasis indicates that judgment is the condition of the possibility of the law, or that democracy is the form of the constitution Thesis 8 Stasis, or agonistic monism, names the forms of the relation between democracy and sover-eignty Thesis 9 Stasis underlies all political praxis Vardoulak Review "Against the naive utopias of radical democracy and of liberal democracy alike, Vardoulakis presents us with agonistic democracy-a non-teleological and paradoxical political practice that constitutes the condition of possibility as well as the only real alternative to sovereign power. Stasis before the State is a truly remarkable and memorable book." -- -Cesare Casarino University of Minnesota, Cultural Critique Senior Editor "A beautiful and lyrical book. Over the course of nine theses Vardoulakis contends with some of the central issues of contemporary politics and shows that we need not fear conflict but should embrace it as a critical aspect of democratic life." -- -James Martel San Francisco State University Long Description This book critiques the relation between sovereignty and democracy. Across nine theses, Vardoulakis argues that sovereignty asserts its power by establishing exclusions: the sovereign excluding other citizens from power and excludes refugees and immigrants from citizenship. Within this structure, to resist sovereignty is to reproduce the logic of exclusion characteristic of sovereignty. In contrast to this "ruse of sovereignty," Vardoulakis proposes an alternative model for political change. He argues that democracy can be understood as the structure of power that does not rely on exclusions and whose relation to sovereignty is marked not by exclusion but of incessant agonism. The term stasis, which refers both to the state and to revolution against it, offers a tension that helps to show how the democratic imperative is presupposed by the logic of sovereignty, and how agonism is more primary than exclusion. In elaborating this ancient but only recently recovered concept of stasis, Vardoulakis illustrates the radical potential of democracy to move beyond the logic of exclusion and the ruse of sovereignty. Review Quote "Against the nave utopias of radical democracy and of liberal democracy alike, Vardoulakis presents us with agonistic democracy--a non-teleological and paradoxical political practice that constitutes the condition of possibility as well as the only real alternative to sovereign power. Stasis before the State is a truly remarkable and memorable book."--Cesare Casarino, University of Minnesota, Cultural Critique Senior Editor "A beautiful and lyrical book. Over the course of nine theses Vardoulakis contends with some of the central issues of contemporary politics and shows that we need not fear conflict but should embrace it as a critical aspect of democratic life."--James Martel, San Francisco State University Description for Reader Dimitris Vardoulakis is Associate Professor and deputy chair of philosophy at Western Sydney University. Details ISBN0823277402 Author Dimitris Vardoulakis Publisher Fordham University Press Year 2017 ISBN-10 0823277402 ISBN-13 9780823277407 Format Paperback Series Commonalities Pages 168 Imprint Fordham University Press Subtitle Nine Theses on Agonistic Democracy Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2017-11-07 DEWEY 321.8 Short Title Stasis Before the State Language English UK Release Date 2017-11-07 AU Release Date 2017-11-07 NZ Release Date 2017-11-07 US Release Date 2017-11-07 Edited by Ric M. Procyshyn Birth 1974 Affiliation Univ Of Illinois At Urbana-champaign, Usa Position Customer Qualifications M.D. Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161671155;

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