{"product_id":"a-politics-of-melancholia-from-plato-to-arendt-paperback","title":"A Politics of Melancholia: From Plato to Arendt - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Edmondson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKlaus Mladek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy melancholia is a vital form of social critique and a catalyst for political renewal\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMelancholia is wrongly condemned as a condition of withdrawal and despair that alienates its sufferer from community. Countering that misconception, \u003ci\u003eA Politics of Melancholia\u003c\/i\u003e reclaims an understanding of melancholia not as an affliction in need of a remedy but as an affirmative stance toward decay and ruination in political life, and restores the melancholic figure--by turns inventive and destructive, outraged and inspired--to their rightful place as the poet of political thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeorge Edmondson and Klaus Mladek identify pivotal moments of political melancholia in ancient and modern texts, offering new perspectives on the death of Socrates in Plato's dialogues, the fratricide in \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, Woyzeck's killing of Marie in Georg Büchner's \u003ci\u003eWoyzeck\u003c\/i\u003e, the murder of Moses in Freud's thought, and the betrayal of the revolutionary idea that Hannah Arendt identifies in her critique of eighteenth-century revolutions. Melancholia emerges here as a disposition that is mournful but also jubilant, a mood of unbending disconsolation that remains faithful to a scene of downfall, to events that cannot be forgotten, and to things that cannot be governed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecovering a tradition of thought that is both affirmative and hopeful, this eloquent book reveals how political melancholia embodies a shared condition of discontent that binds communities together and inspires change.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Edmondson\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English at Dartmouth College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Neighboring Text\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eKlaus Mladek\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of German studies and comparative literature at Dartmouth. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003ePolice Forces\u003c\/i\u003e and the coeditor (with George Edmondson) of \u003ci\u003eSovereignty in Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53336945295725,"sku":"9780691251301","price":57.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/OB6HYQI-nF9780691251301.webp?v=1778922754","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/a-politics-of-melancholia-from-plato-to-arendt-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}