{"product_id":"uncertain-times-paperback-softback-9781509558681","title":"Uncertain Times (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509558681","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUncertain Times\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJacques Ranciere (Author), Andrew Brown (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509558681, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 February 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.227 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e‘One of our most original radical philosophers explores why the post-Cold War consensus anticipating global liberal democracy unfolded its opposite. Critically interrogating idioms of populism, secularism, class struggle, democracy, and more, this timely and brilliant collection tracks the domination in consensus itself, placing all bets for an emancipatory, egalitarian future on uprisings that break it.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWendy Brown, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe global triumph of democracy was announced thirty years ago, promising an age of consensus in which the dispassionate consideration of objective problems would give birth to a world at peace. Today, these grand hopes lie in ruins, and the era touted as new has turned out to be remarkably similar to the old order. To understand why this might be so, we need to examine the nature of the consensus itself, which is not the peace that it promised but rather the map of a territory on which new forms of warfare are being waged. The objective reality that imposed itself at the end of the 1990s was an absolutized and globalized capitalism which has produced ever more inequality, exclusion and hate.   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book Jacques Rancière delivers a frank and piercing critique of the globalized capitalist consensus. The invasion of Iraq, the riots on Capitol Hill and the rise of the European far right all attest to the true nature of this consensus, as does the current state-sanctioned racism which exploits the disenchanted progressive tradition and is led by an intelligentsia that claims to be left-wing. At the same time, Rancière praises the dynamism of social movements which affirm the power of the assembly of equals and its capacity for worldmaking: autonomous protest collectives have proven themselves capable of opening breaches in the consensual order and challenging the post-1989 system of domination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Part One. The violence of consensus\u003cbr\u003eChapter One. The new racism: a passion from above\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two. A modest proposal to help the victims\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three. An elusive populism\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four. Unravelling the confusions serving the dominant order\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five. On freedom of expression\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six. The Hatred of Equality\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven. Fools and sages. Reflections on the end of the Trump presidency\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight. A golden opportunity? Reflections in the time of lockdown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Part Two. Moments of democracy\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine. The pandemic and inequality\u003cbr\u003eChapter Ten. Interpreting the event 68: politics, philosophy, sociology\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eleven. Occupation\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twelve. Nuit Debout: Desire for Community or Egalitarian Invention?\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirteen. The virtues of the inexplicable. On the Gilets Jaunes\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fourteen. Beyond the hatred of democracy\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fifteen. Speech at the assembly of railway workers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52458472866072,"sku":"9781509558681","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509558681.jpg?v=1785373799","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/uncertain-times-paperback-softback-9781509558681","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}