On Political Impasse

Power, Resistance, and New Forms of Selfhood

Dr Antonio Calcagno (King's University College, Western University, Canada)

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Bloomsbury Academic
27 July 2023

Social & political philosophy; Political control & freedoms

Power is classically understood as the playing out of relations between the ruler and the ruled. Political impasse is often viewed as a moment in which no clear-cut delineation of power exists, resulting in an overwhelming sense of frustration or feeling stuck in a no-win situation. The new globalised world has produced a real shift in how power works: not only has power been concentrated in the hands of very few while many millions become more oppressed by radical shortages and growing costs, but we also have a new category of political subjectivity in which many find themselves neither rulers nor radically oppressed. Those who live the neither/nor of contemporary power live the new global impasse.

For those of us who are stuck and compelled to wait for dominant power to break, this book uncovers possibilities in thought, imagination, and self-appropriation through oikeiosis, that is, making oneself at home in oneself, and constancy.

By: Dr Antonio Calcagno (King's University College Western University Canada)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350268517
ISBN 10: 1350268518
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 27 July 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Antonio Calcagno is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He specialises in social and political philosophy and is the author of numerous articles, edited volumes, and books, including Lived Experience from the Inside Out: Social and Political Philosophy in Edith Stein, Badiou and Derrida: Politics, Events and Their Time (2007); The Philosophy of Edith Stein (2007), and Giordano Bruno and the Logic of Coincidence (1998).

Reviews for On Political Impasse: Power, Resistance, and New Forms of Selfhood

Written with great lucidity and insight, Political Impasse considers the question of political power and resistance in our era of uncertainty and domination in order to propose creative possibilities of endurance and hope. * Marguerite La Caze, Associate Professor, University of Queensland, Australia *