Politics and the Other SceneAs one of Louis Althusser's most brilliant students in the 1960s, Étienne Balibar contributed to the theoretical collective masterpiece of Reading Capital. Since then he has established himself among the most subtle philosophical and political thinkers in France. In Politics and the Other Scene Balibar deepens and extends the work he first developed with Immanuel Wallerstein in Race, Nation, Class. Exploring the theme of universalism and difference, he addresses such topical questions as European racism, the notion of the border, whether a European citizenship is possible or desirable, violence and politics, and identity and emancipation. |
Contents
Emancipation | 1 |
Is There Such a Thing as European Racism? | 40 |
Ambiguous Identities | 56 |
What is a Border? | 75 |
The Borders of Europe | 87 |
Is a European Citizenship Possible? | 104 |
Violence Ideality and Cruelty | 129 |
Ambiguous Universality | 146 |
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ambivalent André Green apartheid apparatuses aspect autonomy become borders Chris Turner citizens civility class struggle collective concept conjuncture constitution construction contradictions crisis cruelty cultural democracy democratic dialectic discourse dominant droit economic effects emancipation equality ethnic ethnic cleansing Étienne Balibar Europe European citizenship exclusion existence fact fascism fictive Foucault French frontières globalization groups Hegel hegemony hence heteronomy heteronomy of politics human idea ideal identification identity ideology Immanuel Wallerstein immigration individuals institutions internal juridical least less liberty limits Marx Marxism means Michel Foucault minoritarian modern movements nation-form nation-state national-social Nazism neo-fascism normal overdetermined Paris particular philosophy Politique possibility power relations practice precisely principle problem question racism real universality reality religion religious representation resistance right of asylum schema sense simply situation social society sovereignty status structure subjects supra-national symbolic theoretical tion Trans transformation Translated universalistic violence