Become Ungovernable - An Abolition Feminist Ethic for Democratic Living

A sweeping, magisterial work of abolitionist feminist political theory

List of contents

Preface

Part I: Antidemocracy in America

1. Against Tyranny: An Introduction

2. The Myth of White Autarky

3. Democratic Thought and the Unthinkable

4. Love of Freedom: Jeffersonian Antidemocracy and the Politics of Governing

5. The Empty Sounds of Liberty

Part II: Life Beyond Governing

6. From Home Politicus to Robo Sapiens: An Interlude

7. iLife and Death: The New/Old Capitalist Algorithm

8. Governments Reform, People Revolt

9. Speculative Justice and the Politics of Mutuality

10. Toward a Democratic Ethic of Living

About the author

H. L. T. Quan is a political theorist and an award-winning filmmaker. She is an Associate Professor of Justice and Social Inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. Quan is the author of Growth Against Democracy: Savage Developmentalism in the Modern World and editor of Cedric J. Robinson: On Racial Capitalism, Black Internationalism, and Cultures of Resistance.

Summary

A sweeping, magisterial work of abolitionist feminist political theory

Product details

• Authors: H L T Quan, H. L. T. Quan, H.L.T. Quan, HLT Quan
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2024
• EAN: 9780745349114
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-4911-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Black Critique
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Social Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Political science & theory, Social discrimination & inequality, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Feminism & feminist theory, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Political science and theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions, Gender studies: transgender & intersex