Public things : democracy in disrepair /
"Drawing on Winnicott and Hannah Arendt, Public Things: Democracy in Disrepair develops a lexicon for a political theory of public things. Indigenous activism, racial inequality, and democratic citizenship; care, concern, hope, and play all figure in readings of contemporary events and literary...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2017
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Thinking out loud (New York, N.Y.)
Thinking out loud (New York, N.Y.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface: Opting out
- Introduction: Thinking out loud
- Lecture One: Democracy's necessary conditions
- Lecture Two: Care and concern: Arendt with Winnicott
- Lecture Three: Hope and play: Jonahthan Lear's Radical hope and Lars von Trier's Melancholia
- Epilogue: Public things, shared space, and the commons
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- Acknowledgments
- Preface: Opting Out
- Introduction: Thinking Out Loud
- Lecture One: Democracy's Necessary Conditions
- Lecture Two: Care and Concern: Arendt with Winnicott
- Lecture Three: Hope and Play: Lear and von Trier
- Epilogue: Public Things, Shared Space, and the Commons