Subjectivity and the Political

<p>Despite or quite possibly because of the structuralist post-structuralist and deconstructionist critiques of subjectivity master signifiers and political foundations contemporary philosophy has been marked by a resurgence in interest in questions of subjectivity and the political. Guided by the contention that different conceptions of the political are at least <i>implicitly</i> committed to specific conceptions of subjectivity while different conceptions of subjectivity have different political implications this collection brings together an international selection of scholars to explore these notions and their connection. Rather than privilege one approach or conception of the subjectivity-political relationship this volume emphasizes the nature and status of the <i>and </i>in the ‘subjectivity’ <i>and </i>‘the political’ schema. By thinking from the place <i>between </i>subjectivity and the political it is able to explore this relationship from a multitude of perspectives directions and thinkers to show the heterogeneity openness and contested nature of it. While the contributions deal with different themes or thinkers the themes/thinkers are linked historically and/or conceptually thereby providing coherence to the volume. Thinkers addressed include Arendt Butler Levinas Agamben Derrida Kristeva Adorno Gramsci Mill Hegel and Heidegger while the subjectivity-political relation is engaged with through the mediation of the law-political ethics-politics theological-political inside-outside subject-person and individual-institution relationships as well as through concepts such as genius happiness abjection and ugliness. The original essays in this volume will be of interest to researchers in philosophy politics political theory critical theory cultural studies history of ideas psychology and sociology.</p>