The Democratic Arts of Mourning

Political Theory and Loss

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
Cover of the book The Democratic Arts of Mourning by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin, Lexington Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin ISBN: 9781498567251
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: January 21, 2019
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin
ISBN: 9781498567251
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: January 21, 2019
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

The Democratic Arts of Mourning reflects on the variety of ways in which mourning affects political and social life. In recent decades, political theorists have increasingly examined and explored the themes of loss, grief, and mourning. With an introduction that contextualizes the turn to mourning in previous scholarship on the politics of tragedy, this book includes twelve chapters that clarify the intertwinement between politics and mourning. The chapters are organized into five thematic sections that each shed light on how democratic societies relate to loss, grief, suffering, and death. Collectively, the chapters explore the concept of mourning and its relationship to civic rituals, memorials, taboos, social movements, and popular music. Chapters examine how social groups defend their members against experiences of grief or mourning, or how poetic expressions—such as ancient Greek tragedy—can address the catastrophes of human life. Other chapters explore the politics of symbols and bodies, and how they can become fraught objects that stand in for a society’s undigested—unmourned—losses and absences. The book concludes with an interview with Bonnie Honig, whose own work on mourning has been deeply influential in contemporary political theory.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The Democratic Arts of Mourning reflects on the variety of ways in which mourning affects political and social life. In recent decades, political theorists have increasingly examined and explored the themes of loss, grief, and mourning. With an introduction that contextualizes the turn to mourning in previous scholarship on the politics of tragedy, this book includes twelve chapters that clarify the intertwinement between politics and mourning. The chapters are organized into five thematic sections that each shed light on how democratic societies relate to loss, grief, suffering, and death. Collectively, the chapters explore the concept of mourning and its relationship to civic rituals, memorials, taboos, social movements, and popular music. Chapters examine how social groups defend their members against experiences of grief or mourning, or how poetic expressions—such as ancient Greek tragedy—can address the catastrophes of human life. Other chapters explore the politics of symbols and bodies, and how they can become fraught objects that stand in for a society’s undigested—unmourned—losses and absences. The book concludes with an interview with Bonnie Honig, whose own work on mourning has been deeply influential in contemporary political theory.

More books from Lexington Books

Cover of the book Steve Biko by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin
Cover of the book McCarthyism in the Suburbs by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin
Cover of the book Prying Open Fortress Europe by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin
Cover of the book The Kyoto School's Takeover of Hegel by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin
Cover of the book The Sociological Souls of Black Folk by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin
Cover of the book Eisenhower by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin
Cover of the book Senegal Sojourn by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin
Cover of the book Volatile Knowing by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin
Cover of the book The 1956 Suez War and the New World Order in the Middle East by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin
Cover of the book China's Agrarian Transition by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin
Cover of the book Linking Political Violence and Crime in Latin America by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin
Cover of the book Yoko Tawada by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin
Cover of the book Foreign Policy Discourses of the Obama Years by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin
Cover of the book Iraq by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin
Cover of the book Circulating Communities by Charles Fred Alford, Osman Balkan, Shirin S. Deylami, Bonnie Honig, Vicki Hsueh, Steven Johnston, Claudia Leeb, Heather Pool, Joel Schlosser, Simon Stow, David Myer Temin
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy