Howard caygill is professor of modern european philosophy at crmep, kingston university, london, uk. In its various manifestations from the armed guerrilla to gandhian mass pacifist protest, from wikileaks and the arab spring to the global eruption and violent repression of the occupy movement concepts of resistance are becoming ubiquitous and urgent. Caygill howard caygill on resistance a philosophy of. We regret to announce that, due to the current situation, we cannot accept any new book orders apart from ebooks and custom books, which are still available as normal. On resistance opens with clausewitz, whose famous discourse on war, caygill suggests, could itself be retitled on resistance, since what clausewitz meant by. First, he points to the problem of forming concepts about practices of. Caygills philosophical visit to the archive of resistance. Michael dillon, emeritus professor of politics, lancaster university, uk a wonderfully philosophical perspective on what it means to resist with his great and gorgeous intellectual generosity, howard caygill has charted the emergent politics of our time. A philosophy of defiance by howard caygill find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Buy on resistance by professor howard caygill online at alibris.
Why this is not a resistant eracaygills philosophical. First, he points to the problem of forming concepts about practices of resistance, rooted, as they are, in particular actions, specific tactical statements and singular sociohistorical situations. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. On resistance by howard caygill free pdf ebooks downloads.
No word is more central to the contemporary political imagination and action than resistance. Howard caygill begins on resistance with an interesting double move. This is an extraordinarily rich book, and caygill s selection of struggles and authors is both eclectic and erudite. Howard caygill no word is more central to the contemporary political imagination and action than resistance. Caygill constructs a constellation composed of concepts, ideas and arguments, but also of practices, histories, subjectivities, human capacities, artworks, movements and political debates that become a dark and dynamic account of who we are and what needs to be. Request pdf on may 30, 2014, claudia firth and others published on resistance. A philosophy of defiance interviewed by alastair gray and phillip homburg 6th december 20 alastair gray. To give a short synopsis, howard caygill does two major moves. A philosophy of defiance international library of contemporary philosophy. A philosophy of defiance interviewed by alastair gray and phillip homburg. Here was santa rita jail, california, early morning, thursday 3 december 1964.
On resistance opens with clausewitz, whose famous discourse on war, caygill suggests, could itself be retitled on resistance, since what clausewitz meant by war was the destruction of the enemys. Resistance is on its way to becoming a word of power, emerging alongside the terms revolution and reform that hegel saw defining the range. Michael dillon, emeritus professor of politics, lancaster university, uk a wonderfully philosophical perspective on what it means to resist mark perryman with his great and gorgeous intellectual generosity, howard caygill has charted the emergent politics of our time. This acclaimed book by howard caygill is available at in several formats for your ereader. Controversies about power, violence, identity, globalisation, the resurgence of religion, economics and the role of critique all agitate public policy, media dialogue and academic debate. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. The need for resistance and protest in the 21st century. In its various manifestations from the armed guerrilla to gandhian mass pacifist protest, from. Caygill offers a sophisticated account of a vast archive of practices and discourses on resistances which include among others figures like marx, lenin, ghandi, freud, luxemburg, mao and fanon. Professor caygill, thank you very much for coming to sussex today.
With his great and gorgeous intellectual generosity, howard caygill has charted the emergent politics of our time. Philosophy and resistance howard caygill this is the text of an inaugural professorial lecture, in the centre for research in modern european philosophy crmep, kingston university london, delivered on 3 october 2011. This suspension of service is first and foremost to ensure the safety and welfare of staff. In the pages that follow, caygill considers some examples of resistance in action. A philosophy of defiance hardcover december 26, 20. Resistance thus comes first, it remains above all the forces of the process, under its effect it obliges relations of power to change.
Less helpful, in my view, is howard caygill s wide ranging, but ultimately unconvincing, essay that considers the place of resistance in hegels phenomenology, science of logic and early theological writings. In its various manifestations from the armed guerrilla to gandhian mass pacifist protest, from wikileaks and the arab spring to the global eruption and violent repression of the occupy movement concepts of. On resistance a philosophy of defiance 1st edition by howard caygill and publisher bloomsbury academic. A philosophy of defiance bloomsbury, london and new york, 20. Read on resistance a philosophy of defiance by professor howard caygill available from rakuten kobo. As caygill muses in his essays opening lines, perhaps the idea never really made the transition from practice to theory. Caygill constructs a constellation composed of concepts, ideas and arguments, but also of practices, histories, subjectivities, human capacities, artworks, movements and political debates that become a dark and dynamic account of who we are and what needs to be done. The vanguard party only teaches the correct methods of resistance. On resistance epub caygill howard caygill on resistance a philosophy of defiance. Finally, by teasing out the conceptual nuances of resistance and its affinities to concepts of repression, reform and revolution, caygill reflects upon contemporary manifestations of resistance to identify whether the 21st century is evolving new understandings of protest and struggle.
Eco resistance howard caygill department of humanities, kingston university, united kingdom, h. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view download pdf for offline viewing. A philosophy of defiance, howard caygill maps out and draws. Ebook nonfiction philosophy religion philosophy general caygill howard caygill. As bernard stiegler would have it, resistance is almost diametrically opposed to the positive project.
On resistance by howard caygill requirements pdf reader, 2. Michael dillon, emeritus professor of politics, lancaster university, uk a wonderfully philosophical perspective on what it means to resist mark perryman, with his great and gorgeous intellectual generosity, howard caygill has charted the emergent politics of our time. Howard caygill, on resistance edinburgh university press. In this book, howard caygill conducts the first ever systematic analysis of resistance. A philosophy of defiance book online at best prices in india on. Rather than offering a conceptual definition, howard caygill s new book approaches resistance. On resistance 1st edition 9781472523099, 9781472529664. Lees on resistance a philosophy of defiance door professor howard caygill verkrijgbaar bij rakuten kobo. European political science howard caygill s on resistance is changing the landscape of how the concept of resistance is understood. Despite the proliferation of texts dedicated to provoking.
I thus consider the term resistance to be the most important word, the key word of this dynamic. Derrida today focuses on what derridas thought offers to contemporary debates about politics, society and global affairs. Numbers in parentheses in the main text refer to pages of this book. Libros en idiomas extranjeros saltar al contenido principal. Caygill s principal claim is that in these different texts resistance proves to be the suppressed condition of the freedom, infinity and. The essay departs from rob nixons concept of slow violence to consider the strategic repertoire of eco resistance. The need for resistance and protest in the 21st century lecture howard caygill thursday november 6, 2014, 19.