Overview

Contemporary politics is faced, on the one hand, with political stagnation and lack of a progressive vision on the side of formal, institutional politics, and, on the other, with various social movements that venture to challenge modern understandings of representation, participation,and democracy. Interestingly, both institutional and anti-institutional sides of this antagonism tend to accuse each other of ""nihilism"", namely, of mere oppositional destructiveness and failure to offer a constructive, positive alternative to the status quo. Nihilism seems, then, all engulfing. In order to better understand this political situation and ourselves within it,The Politics of Nihilism proposes a thorough theoretical examination of the concept of nihilism and its historical development followed by critical studies of Israeli politics and culture. The authors show that, rather than a mark of mutual opposition and despair, nihilism is a fruitful category for tracing and exploring the limits of political critique, rendering them less rigid and opening up a space of potentiality for thought, action, and creation.

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Author:   Assistant Professor Nitzan Lebovic ,  Assistant Professor Roy Ben-Shai
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic USA
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.503kg
ISBN:  

9781623562564

ISBN 10:   1623562562
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   20 November 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction (Roy Ben-Shai and Nitzan Lebovic) Chapter 1 Nihilism as Stasis: A Plea for a New Hermeneutics of Exposure (Nitzan Lebovic) Chapter 2 Less than Nihilism (Luca Di Blasi) Chapter 3 Doing Nothing or Nothing Doing? (Michael Gillespie) Chapter 4 A Concept of Nihilism for the Coming End of the World (Adi Ophir) Chapter 5 Nihilism, Revolt, and the Spectacle (Bülent Diken) Chapter 6 The Epistemology of Nihilism in Otto Weininger’s Sex and Character (Bettina Bergo) Chapter 7 In Sickness and in Health: Nietzsche, Améry and the “Moral Difference” (Roy Ben-Shai) Chapter 8 Nihilism and Repetition. Dahlia Ravikovitch's Reiterations as Critique (Liron Mor) Chapter 9 What is a “Manifestly Illegal” Order? Law and Politics after Yoram Kaniuk’s Nevelot (Itamar Mann) Chapter 10 To Be at Home: Spaces of Citizenship in the Community Settlements of the Galilee (Fatina Abreek-Zubeidat and Ronen Ben-Arie) Bibliography Index

Reviews

This original and challenging volume traces the development of the concept of nihilism from a stunning variety of perspectives and theoretical positions. Combining precision, erudition and intellectual commitment, The Politics of Nihilism makes a convincing case for a view of nihilism as a vital force in a political constellation increasingly hostile to dissonant voices. A lucidly argued and greatly enriching book for anyone interested in the past, present and future of radical political critique. Vivian Liska, Professor of German Literature, University of Antwerp

Author Information

Nitzan Lebovic is the Apter Chair of Holocaust Studies and Ethical Values at Lehigh University (PA). Roy Ben-Shai is a Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Peace, Justice and Human Rights at Haverford College (PA).

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