Radical democracy

Available at last in paperback Radical democracy brings together original contributions from established and emerging scholars. The contributors discuss the theoretical and practical implications of the two dominant approaches to radical democracy: theories of abundance inspired by Gilles Deleuze and theories of lack inspired by Jacques Lacan. They examine the idea of radical democracy from a wide variety of perspectives: identity/difference the public sphere social movements nature popular culture right wing populism and political economy. In addition the volume relates the work of contemporary thinkers such as Deleuze Lacan Derrida and Foucault to classical thinkers such as Spinoza Hegel Marx and Nietzsche. William Connolly and Ernesto Laclau conclude the volume with two afterwords on the future of radical democracy. With its original contributions Radical democracy is essential reading for advanced students and scholars who have an interest in the political and theoretical problems of radical democracy.