Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Rowman & Littlefield International
Pages: 268
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Trim: 6½ x 9
978-1-78661-043-0 • Hardback • March 2019 • $147.00 • (£113.00)
978-1-5381-5877-7 • Paperback • October 2021 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
978-1-78661-044-7 • eBook • March 2019 • $42.50 • (£35.00)
George Sotiropoulos holds a PhD in Political Theory and currently teaches and is a researcher at the International School of Athens.
Introduction
1. Thresholds: Beyond State Thought
2. Whose Justice?
3. Desire Becoming History
4. Dialectics of Justice
5. Savages, Patricians, Plebs
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
This book is an antidote to the growing specialisation of political theory. It disrupts the canonical ideal theories of justice by presenting justice as ‘becoming-justice’, a productive desire that simply cannot be satisfied. In this fascinating journey on the multi-dimensionality of justice, we meet new materialists, non-hierarchical struggles such as the Occupy movement, the Indignados, anti-fascist movements, as well as historical examples.
— Benoît Dillet, University of Bath, Author of The Political Space of Art
A witty and thought-provoking book, Sotiropoulous’ A Materialist Theory of Justice is a call-to-arms for those whose thirst for theorising our contemporary social condition has not yet been quenched. Navigating skillfully through the history of philosophy, popular culture and political crises, this book proposes a novel reflection on the future of justice from a politically engaged and engaging perspective.
— Charles Devellennes, Lecturer in Political and Social Thought, University of Kent