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Book Summary
Common Ground is an innovative exploration of the philosophical relationship
between collectivity, individuality, affect and agency in the neoliberal era.
Jeremy Gilbert argues that individualism is forced upon us by neoliberal
culture, fatally limiting our capacity to escape the current crisis of
democratic politics.The book asks how forces and ideas opposed to neoliberal
hegemony, and to the individualist tradition in Western thought, might serve to
protect some idea of communality, and how far we must accept assumptions about
the nature of individuality and collectivity which are the legacy of an elitist
tradition. Along the way it examines different ideas and practices of
collectivity, from conservative notions of a
ISBN-13
9780745325316
Language
English
Binding
Paper Back
Publisher
Pluto Press
Publishing Date
2013-11-07
Total Pages
192
Common Ground: Democracy and Collectivity in an Age of Individualism
Common Ground is an innovative exploration of the philosophical relationship
between collectivity, individuality, affect and agency in the neoliberal era.
Jeremy Gilbert argues that individualism is forced upon us by neoliberal
culture, fatally limiting our capacity to escape the current crisis of
democratic politics.The book asks how forces and ideas opposed to neoliberal
hegemony, and to the individualist tradition in Western thought, might serve to
protect some idea of communality, and how far we must accept assumptions about
the nature of individuality and collectivity which are the legacy of an elitist
tradition. Along the way it examines different ideas and practices of
collectivity, from conservative notions of a