Radical Democracy: Politics between Abundance and Lack

by Lasse Thomassen (Editor), Lars Tonder, Lars Tønder (Editor)

The contributors here discuss the theoretical and practical implications of the two dominant approaches to radical theories of abundance inspired by Gilles Deleuze and theories of lack inspired by Jacques Lacan. They examine the idea of radical democracy from a wide variety of identity/difference, the public sphere, social movements, nature, popular culture, right wing populism, and political economy. In addition, the volume relates the work of contemporary thinkers such as Deleuze, Lacan, Derrida and Foucault to classical thinkers such as Spinoza, Hegel, Marx and Nietzsche.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006