Marcel Gauchet and the Loss of Common Purpose - Imaginary Islam and the Crisis of European Democracy

Taking stock of the exhaustion of the concept of democracy limited to rights and identity, this book explores the work of French political philosopher Marcel Gauchet to interpret the contemporary crisis of European politics and the role played by imaginary constructs of Islam in the risk of ideological co-radicalization.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: French Post-Marxist Theory and Gauchet's Model of Critique
Chapter 2: French Post-Marxist Theory and the Political: Gauchet and Religion
Chapter 3: Gauchet and the Genesis of Modern Society
Chapter 4: The Legacy of French Sociology and Anthropology: Gauchet and the Question of the Post-Secular
Chapter 5: The Crisis of European Democracy: The Neo-Liberal Ideology and Political Radicalization
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Natalie J. Doyle is deputy director of the European and EU Centre at Monash University. She is the author of Marcel Gauchet and the Loss of Common Purpose (Lexington, 2017) and co-editor of several books including (Il)liberal Europe: Islamophobia, Modernity and Radicalization (Routledge, 2017) and Regional Integration and Modernity: Cross Atlantic Perspectives (Lexington, 2014).

Summary

Taking stock of the exhaustion of the concept of democracy limited to rights and identity, this book explores the work of French political philosopher Marcel Gauchet to interpret the contemporary crisis of European politics and the role played by imaginary constructs of Islam in the risk of ideological co-radicalization.

Product details

• Authors: Natalie Doyle, Natalie J Doyle, Natalie J. Doyle, Doyle Natalie J.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781498519175
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1917-5
• No. of pages: 294
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political Economy, Politics and government, Political science and theory, Central / national / federal government policies