Derrida, Deconstruction and Political Theory
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2026
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-4539-6 (ISBN)
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Explores how Jacques Derrida’s deconstruction can help analyse political concepts including justice, democracy, sovereignty, populism and post-truth.
Drawing on the work of Jacques Derrida and other post-structuralists, this book argues for deconstruction as a distinctive way to practice political theory. Lasse Thomassen shows familiar critiques of deconstruction as relativist and apolitical to be misconceived, and argues for deconstruction as a critical approach to contemporary politics and society. In so doing, the book contrasts deconstruction with other approaches to political theory, including analytic philosophy, critical theory, liberalism, deliberative democracy and biopolitical approaches. Developing the argument around political concepts such as rights, justice, sovereignty, democracy and populism, the book combines the deconstructive readings of these political concepts with extensive engagements with contemporary political phenomena such as 9-11, Covid-19, Donald Trump and post-truth.
Drawing on the work of Jacques Derrida and other post-structuralists, this book argues for deconstruction as a distinctive way to practice political theory. Lasse Thomassen shows familiar critiques of deconstruction as relativist and apolitical to be misconceived, and argues for deconstruction as a critical approach to contemporary politics and society. In so doing, the book contrasts deconstruction with other approaches to political theory, including analytic philosophy, critical theory, liberalism, deliberative democracy and biopolitical approaches. Developing the argument around political concepts such as rights, justice, sovereignty, democracy and populism, the book combines the deconstructive readings of these political concepts with extensive engagements with contemporary political phenomena such as 9-11, Covid-19, Donald Trump and post-truth.
Lasse Thomassen is Professor of Politics in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London.
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Deconstruction as Political Theory
1. Deconstruction Between Particularity and Universality: Practicing Political Theory Deconstructively
2. Deconstructing Sovereignty Discourse: Between the Conditional and the Unconditional
3. Democracy To-Come: Dealing with Disagreement
4. Democratic Rogues: The People Goes to The Capitol
5. The Force of Truth: Deconstruction against Post-Truth
6. Deconstruction as/of Method: Exemplarity and Casing
Conclusion: Deconstruction and Political Theory
References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.01.2026 |
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| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie | |
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| ISBN-10 | 1-3995-4539-6 / 1399545396 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3995-4539-6 / 9781399545396 |
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