Leading Contemporary Philosophers and Theorists on the State of Democracy Democracy in What State? Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, Daniel Bensaid, Wendy Brown, Jean-Luc Nancy, Jacques Ranciere, Kristin Ross, and Slavoj Zizek   Order Your Copy Now and Save 30%! We'd like to offer you 30% off orders of Democracy in What State? To save 30%, add the book to your shopping cart, and enter code AGADE in the "Redeem Coupon" field at check out. Click on the "redeem coupon" button and your savings will be calculated.      Read excerpts from essays by: Agamben, Badiou, Bensaid, Brown, Nancy, Ranciere, Ross, and Zizek. Read more reviews | Read the Table of Contents "Democracy in What State? is an extremely significant contribution to the critical debate on the current state of world politics and, more specifically, to the role of the term 'democracy' in political theory and practice." - Gabriel Rockhill, Villanova University Eight iconoclastic thinkers prove the rich potential of democracy, along with its critical weaknesses, and reconceive the practice to accommodate new political and cultural realities. Giorgio Agamben traces the tense history of constitutions and their coexistence with various governments. Alain Badiou contrasts current democratic practice with democratic communism. Daniel Bensaid ponders the institutionalization of democracy, while Wendy Brown discusses the democratization of society under neoliberalism. Jean-Luc Nancy measures the difference between democracy as a form of rule and as a human end, and Jacques Rancière highlights its egalitarian nature. Kristin Ross identifies hierarchical relationships within democratic practice, and Slavoj Zizek complicates the distinction between those who desire to own the state and those who wish to do without it. ORDER THE BOOK     $22.50 $15.75 (with the discount code AGADE) / £15.50   cloth 144 pages    For more titles in: Continental Philosophy Political Philosophy