In the street : democratic action, theatricality, and political friendship /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Çıdam, Çiğdem (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Democracy > Philosophy. Protest movements. Political participation > Social aspects. Political sociology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Prologue. Setting up the stage : "beauty is in the street" in Istanbul
Democratic action, spontaneity, and the intermediating practices of political friendship
Jean-Jacques Rousseau : from the unsettling reality of the theater to the dream of immediacy
Antonio Negri : insurgencies, the multitude, and the search for permanence
Jürgen Habermas : embracing transience, containing unpredictability
Jacques Rancière : the theatrical paradigm and the messiness of democratic politics
Enacting political friendship in Gezi
Epilogue. Fanning the spark of hope.