<p>In the contemporary world of neoliberalism, efficiency is treated as the vehicle of political and economic health .State bureaucracy, but not corporate bureaucracy, is seen as inefficient, and privatization is seen as a magic cure for social ills. In Public Things: Democracy in Disrepair, Bonnie
Public Things: Democracy in Disrepair
โ Scribed by Bonnie Honig
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 161
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Drawing on Winnicott and Hannah Arendt, Public Things: Democracy in Disrepair develops a lexicon for a political theory of public things. Indigenous activism, racial inequality, and democratic citizenship; care, concern, hope, and play all figure in readings of contemporary events and literary, film, and political theory (Tocqueville, Melville, von Trier).
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