Democracy against the state
Subtitle: Marx and the Machiavellian moment
By: Miguel Abensour ; translated by Max Blechman and Martin Breaugh
Contributors: Blechman, Max; Breaugh, Martin
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9780745650098; 9780745650104
Subjects: Political and social views; Democracy; The State
Work titles: Démocratie contre l'Etat
Notes: Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In English translated from the French.
Table of contents: title: Translator's introduction : "To think emancipation otherwise" / Max Blechman; title: Preface to the Italian edition (2008) : "Insurgent democracy and institution"; title: Foreword to the second French edition (2004) : "Of insurgent democracy"; title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: The utopia of the rational state; title: Political intelligence; title: From the 1843 Crisis to the criticism of politics; title: A reading hypothesis; title: The four characteristics of true democracy; title: True democracy and modernity; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix : "Savage democracy" and the "Principle of anarchy".