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Franziska Hoppen: Liminality and the Philosophy of Presence (Paperback, 2023, Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated) No rating

This book departs from the attempt by political theory to confront the challenges of political …

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Franziska Hoppen:

Liminality and the Philosophy of Presence

A New Direction in Political Theory

This book departs from the attempt by political theory to confront the challenges of political life with new concepts, offering instead a mode of thought so far excluded from the canon of political theory: the philosophy of presence. Making the experience of liminality the very centre of thought, it shows how embracing ‘in-betweenness’ allows us to discern the limits of both the political order and contemporary political theory. Through an examination of the works of Gustav Landauer, Eric Voegelin, Simone Weil and Václav Havel, the author demonstrates the manner in which ‘in-betweenness’ may be cultivated by way of the philosophy of presence as a method of self-enquiry into existence as it is experienced subjectively. Arguing that since externalisation is the essence of politics and that the way to a more just society …