Critical Political Theory
Interrogating Contemporary Politics
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- Paperback
126 pages
- Release Date
30 March 2026
Summary
How can political theory strengthen democracy and emancipatory social change while remaining critical of its own norms and foundations? How can it confront populist movements that claim to defend democracy but in fact advance authoritarian agendas? Oliver Flügel-Martinsen engages with key thinkers of the political – among them M. Foucault, J. Derrida, C. Lefort, C. Mouffe, I. M. Young, J. Rancière, W. Brown, R. Geuss, A. Mbembe, and J. Butler – to address these challenges. Revisiting truth-sk…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783837652154 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3837652157 |
| Author: | Oliver Flügel-Martinsen, Michael Thomas Taylor |
| Publisher: | Transcript Verlag |
| Imprint: | Transcript Verlag |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 126 |
| Release Date: | 30 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 222g |
| Dimensions: | 225mm x 135mm |
| Series: | X-Texte zu Kultur und Gesellschaft |
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About The Author
Oliver Flügel-Martinsen
Oliver Flügel-Martinsen (Prof. Dr.), born in 1977, teaches Political Theory and History of Ideas at Bielefeld University. His research interests include the philosophy and theory of modernity, the philosophy and theory of social sciences, theories of the political, democratic theory, French philosophy and social theory of the 20th century and the present, as well as (post-Marxist) social critique.
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