Crisis under critique : how people assess, transform, and respond to critical situations /
The word "crisis" denotes a break, a discontinuity, a rupture, a moment after which the normal order can continue no longer. Yet our political vocabulary today is suffused with the rhetoric of crisis, to the point that supposed abnormalities have been normalized. How can the notion of cris...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2022].
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| Series: | New directions in critical theory.
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| Summary: | The word "crisis" denotes a break, a discontinuity, a rupture, a moment after which the normal order can continue no longer. Yet our political vocabulary today is suffused with the rhetoric of crisis, to the point that supposed abnormalities have been normalized. How can the notion of crisis be rethought in order to take stock of-and challenge-our understanding of the many predicaments in which we find ourselves? Instead of diagnosing emergencies, Didier Fassin, Axel Honneth and an assembly of leading thinkers examine how people experience, interpret and contribute to the making of and the response to critical situations. Contributors inquire into the social production of crisis, evaluating a wide range of cases through the lenses of philosophy, sociology, anthropology, political science, history and economics. Considering social movements, intellectual engagements, affected communities and reflexive perspectives, the book foregrounds the perspectives of those most closely involved, bringing out the immediacy of crisis. Featuring analysis from below as well as above, from the inside as well as the outside, Crisis Under Critique is a singular intervention that utterly recasts one of today's most crucial, yet most ambiguous, concepts. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 437 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231204323 0231204329 9780231204330 0231204337 |