The Agonistic Condition(English, Hardcover, Vardoulakis Dimitris)

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The Agonistic Condition(English, Hardcover, Vardoulakis Dimitris) is written by Vardoulakis Dimitris and published by Edinburgh University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 139954960X (ISBN 10) and 9781399549608 (ISBN 13).

Political theory influenced by philosophy examines the political as the sphere of human interaction that is distinct from politics, the sphere of political institutions and parties. The political is usually described in conflictual terms, such as Marx's class struggle, Heidegger's polemos, Ranciere's dissensus, or the discourse of agonistic democracy.This book challenges the premise of such constructions of agonism, namely, that the political is essentially distinct from means and ends calculations. He argues that this premise is derived from the critique of instrumental reason, which assumes that utilitarianism is correct that instrumental ends are measurable. This forgets an ancient tradition that describes phronesis as the primary ethical and political virtue because it calculates the good, which is however impossible to measure with any certainty.The Agonistic Condition shows that a new consideration of phronesis can help political philosophy and theory to develop more robust conceptions of power that better describe the world we live in.