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Hae Yeon Choo - The Politics of the Have-Nots, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

The Politics of the Have-Nots

What South Korean Activism Teaches Us About Radical Democracy

Av Hae Yeon Choo

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Social change requires the emergence of a collective subject that can foster solidarity within and across national boundaries. But how can such a collective come together in our current era of liberal individualism and the pursuit of maximum profit? In The Politics of the Have-Nots, Hae Yeon Choo theorizes how this collective might cohere and mobilize, drawing on deep engagement with grassroots movements in South Korea and its diaspora over the past two decades.Disillusionment has grown across the globe from the 2000s to the present. Wealth inequalities have consigned the marginalized to the shadows even as economies have expanded. By bridging five separate instances of mass mobilization during this period, Choo demonstrates the convergence of the collective political sensibility of the Have-nots. These are people who have experienced distinct but overlapping forms of violent dispossession, whether by evictions, layoffs, sexual harassment, immigration raids, and even mass shootings. Confronting these diverse forms of violence, the politics of the Have-nots challenge the cultural and material hegemony of neoliberal capitalism. They propose a critical theory of radical democracy based on expansive solidarity, taking on the struggles of others as their own.While the mobilizations chronicled in this book are geographically centered in South Korea, many were transnational and linked by the collective vision of the Have-nots. Together, Choo shows, they become a powerful vision of the promise of radical democracy and emancipation from the margins.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2027-02-09
  • Mått: 152 x 229 x undefined mm
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 192
  • Förlag: Stanford University Press
  • ISBN: 9781503648999
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Hae Yeon Choo is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. She is the author of Decentering Citizenship (Stanford 2016). She has translated works of critical social theory into Korean, including those by Audre Lorde, Patricia Hill Collins, and Judith Butler.

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"In a time when neoliberal states generate growing inequalities, The Politics of the Have-Nots shows, through five beautifully crafted accounts of grassroots activism, how the dispossessed, the exploited, and the dominated resist multiple forms of violence by building solidarity movements and inventing radical democratic forms. A powerful call for the optimism of the will." —Didier Fassin, Collège de France "The Politics of the Have-Nots is a remarkable book that compels us to rethink the meaning of democracy from the perspective of those excluded from its promises. With eloquence and intellectual ambition, it shows how the grassroots struggles of marginalized people in South Korea and the Korean diaspora generate a powerful political theory that challenges the possessive logic of liberal democracy. Drawing on a rich archive of the language and lived experiences of the 'have-nots,' the book illuminates how dispossessed people forge new forms of collective agency and democratic solidarity. A profound and inspiring work, it will reshape conversations about democracy, citizenship, and social movements." —Namhee Lee, author of The Making of Minjung: Democracy and the Politics of Representation in South Korea "This book is truly top-notch and relevant to understanding the state, citizenship, social change, social movements, violence, and democracy across the globe. Choo helps make sense of the loss of rights in this neoliberal era – and how to create solidaristic movements among those being marginalized. A masterpiece!" —Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts, Amherst "Artfully crafted, The Politics of the Have-Nots presents a powerful and bold critique of democracy articulated by the have-nots themselves. Hae Yeon Choo brings her signature attentiveness to the lives of the dispossessed, uncovering a distinctively 'people's' vision of radical democracy that reshapes how we understand solidarity, democracy, and the meaning of the political in contemporary South Korea." —Hyun Ok Park, author of The Capitalist Unconscious: From Korean Unification to Transnational Korea

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