States of Injury by Wendy Brown
Argues that efforts to outlaw hate speech and pornography legitimize the state. This book insists that true democracy requires sharing power, not regulation by it. It applies this argument to various topics, from the basis of litigiousness in political life to the appearance on the academic Left of themes of revenge and a thwarted will to power.
"Wendy Brown undertakes a critical analysis of late modern state power to reveal how identity politics translated into rights claims.. [This study] significantly advances our understanding of aspects of politics where particular identities and universal rights are currently in conflict."--American Political Science Review
Wendy Brown is the UPS Foundation Professor in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study. Her books include Nihilistic Times, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism, and Undoing the Demos.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691029894 |
| ISBN 10 | 069102989X |
| Title | States of Injury |
| Author | Wendy Brown |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 1995-07-23 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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