In Universal Politics, Ilan Kapoor and Zahi Zalloua argue that, in the face of the relentless advance of global capitalism, a universal politics is needed today more than ever. But rather than appealing to the narrow particularism of identity politics, the authors argue for a negative universality rooted in social antagonism (i.e., shared experiences of exploitation and marginalization).
This conception of shared struggle avoids the trap of a neocolonial universalism, while foregrounding the politics of the systematically dispossessed and excluded. The book examines what a universal politics might look like in the context of key current global sites of struggle, including climate change, workers'' struggles, the Palestinian question, the refugee crisis, Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, Political Islam, the Bolivian state under Morales, the European Union, and COVID-19 It also discusses the main political ingredients, gaps, and limitations of a universal politics.
| Format |
Inbunden |
| Omfång |
264 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Oxford University Press Inc |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2021-11-17 |
| ISBN |
9780197607619 |
