Pyropolitics: Fire and the Political
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From the books and heretics burnt on the pyres of the Inquisition to self-immolations at protest rallies, from the massive burning of oil on the global scale to inflammatory speech, from the imagery of revolutionary sparks ready to ignite the spirits of the oppressed to car bombings in the Middle East--fire proves to be an indispensable element of the political. To account for this elemental source of heat and light, Pyropolitics delineates a semantico-discursive field, replete with the literal and metaphorical mentions and uses of fires, flames, sparks, immolations, incinerations, and burning in political theory and practices.
Relying on classical political theory, literature, theology, contemporary philosophy, and an analysis of current events, Michael Marder argues that geopolitics, or the politics of the Earth, has always had an unstable, at once shadowy and blinding, underside--pyropolitics, or the politics of fire. If this obscure double of geopolitics is, increasingly, dictating the rules of the game today, then it is crucial to learn to speak its language, to discern its manifestations, and to project where our world ablaze is heading. Previously published by Rowman and Littlefield, this edition has a new foreword from Slavoj Žižek and three new chapters.Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:3838219724
ISBN13:9783838219721
Release Date:February 2025
Publisher:Ibidem Press
Length:280 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"
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