Mariano Croce

Undoing Ties: Political Philosophy at the Waning of the State Mariano Croce

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; This title provides a comprehensive overview of the most significant theories and contributions in the field of political philosophy. It is a journey through contemporary political philosophy that puts forward a basic interpretative hypothesis. Biographical Note: Mariano Croce is FWO Pegasus Marie Curie Fellow at the Centre for Law and CosmopolitanValues, University of Antwerp. He has published "Self-sufficiency of Law: A Critical-institutional Theory of""Social Order" (Springer, 2012) and "The Legal Theory of Carl Schmitt" (Routledge, 2013, with A. Salvatore). Andrea Salvatore is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow of Political Philosophy at Sapienza - University of Rome. His research interests lie in the areas of political philosophy and legal theory. He is the co-author of "The Legal Theory of Carl Schmitt" (Routledge 2013, with M. Croce). Brief Description: "Undoing Ties: Political Philosophy at the Waning of the State is a comprehensive overview of the most significant theories and contributions in the field of political philosophy of the last three decades. It is a journey through contemporary political philosophy that puts forward a basic interpretative hypothesis. Mariano Croce and Andrea Salvatore analyse the theories and proposals of many prominent political philosophers and attempt to arrive at the conclusion that today's politics is characterised by a striking reviviscence of groups (whether ethnic, religious, financial, or else) which is profoundly impacting on the role of traditional political institutions, and on the state in particular. Political philosophers discussed include Giorgio Agamben, Zygmunt Bauman, Mark Goodale, Martha Nussbaum, Charles Taylor, Slavoj eZiezek and many others. Undoing Ties also devotes attention to elements that are crucial to a sound analysis of contemporary politics, both at a national and at a global level, such as the law and the transformation of the legal practice and a socio-anthropological analysis of globalisation. It is an exhaustive picture of the debates and discussions in the field of political philosophy in a captivating way, which leads the reader to an informed global understanding of the field, but also to reflect on some vital issues that directly affect their everyday life"--Table of Contents: Preface to the English edition Foreword 1. AFTER THE STATE1.1 Theories of government 1.1.1 New Forms of liberalism 1.1.2. Metamorphoses of government 1.1.3. The legacy of the constitution1.2. Justice and injustices 1.2.1. New paradigms of justice 1.2.2. Sovereignty in transition 2. ABOVE THE STATE2.1. Theories of globalization 2.1.1. The contraposition between national and global 2.1.2. The interpenetration between national and global2.2. Order and democracy in the global scenario 2.2.1. Cosmopolitan ideals and global democracy 2.2.2. The law of subalterns 2.2.3. Back to the state?3. WITHOUT THE STATE3.1. The twilight of the only legislator 3.1.1. Multicultural politics 3.1.2. The plurality of orders3.2. The law, the market, and the demise of politics3.2.1. Juridification or de-politicization? 3.2.2. Cultural identities vis-a-vis the market References"Publisher Marketing: "Undoing Ties" claims to offer an answer to the question of what happens when the ties between traditional political institutions and citizens are being undone. The basic aim of the book is to offer an introductory and accessible overview of those paradigms and theories that are specifically concerned with the irreducible plurality of life forms and seek to understand how this challenge should be faced. The authors adopt an interdisciplinary approach to foreground how scholars in different areas (such as political philosophy, jurisprudence, sociology and anthropology) deal with one of the key characterizing elements of today's political scenario, that is to say, the reviviscence of sub-state and supra-state groups as crucial political actors vis-a-vis" "the state."

Contributor Bio:  Croce, Mariano Mariano Croce is FWO Pegasus Marie Curie Fellow at the Centre for Law and CosmopolitanValues, University of Antwerp. He has published "Self-sufficiency of Law: A Critical-institutional Theory ofSocial Order" (Springer, 2012) and "The Legal Theory of Carl Schmitt" (Routledge, 2013, with A. Salvatore). Contributor Bio:  Salvatore, Andrea Andrea Salvatore is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow of Political Philosophy at Sapienza - University of Rome. His research interests lie in the areas of political philosophy and legal theory. He is the co-author of "The Legal Theory of Carl Schmitt" (Routledge 2013, with M. Croce).