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The Political Forms of Modern Society

Bureaucracy, Democracy, Totalitarianism

  • Paperback
  • 352 pages
  • Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
  • 15.4 x 22.9 x 2.3 cm

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Claude Lefort is one of the leading social and political theorists in France today. This anthology of his most important work published over the last four decades makes his writing widely accessible to an English-speaking audience for the first time.With exceptional skill Lefort combines the analysis of contemporary political events with a sensitivity to the history of political thought. His critical account of the development of bureaucracy and totalitarianism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe is a timely contribution to current debates about the nature and shortcomings of these societies. His incisive analyses of Marx's theory of history and concept of ideology provide the backdrop for a highly original account of the role of symbolism in modern societies. While critical of many traditional assumptions and doctrines, Lefort develops a political position based on a reappraisal of the idea of human rights and a reconsideration of what "democracy" means today.The Political Forms of Modern Society is a major contribution to contemporary social and political theory.
The volume includes a substantial introduction that describes the context of Lefort's writings and highlights the central themes of his work.Claude Lefort teaches social and political theory at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. He was a founder, with Cornelius Castoriadis, of the influential independent journal of the left, Socialisme ou Barbarie. John B. Thompson is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Cambridge.

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  • Author

    Claude Lefort

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    MIT Press Ltd

  • Published

    January 1986

  • Weight

    514g

  • Page Count

    352

  • Dimensions

    15.4 x 22.9 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780262620543

  • ISBN-10

    0262620545

  • Eden Code

    4569813

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