This book examines the question of democracy in post-revolutionary Mexican society. Each chapter recuperates an event or particular historical sequence that sheds light on the relation between culture and sovereign exceptionality. Each moment or sequence stages a relation to language. In these speech scenes there is a disagreement between social actors (for example, disputes between peasants and intellectuals over words such as democracy, equality, freedom, proletariat, worker, revolution etc.). Democracy in this book is not just a type of Constitution or a form of society that politics affirms on a daily basis. It is the assumption and installation of egalitarian language. Democracy is therefore the momentary interruption or suspension of the police order.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13
9780230110243
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108329299
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Political Science
Author
G. Williams
Publication Name
The Mexican Exception: Sovereignty, Police, and Democracy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Government, Politics
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
219 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
140mm
Item Weight
415g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
G. Williams
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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