The Plebeian Experience

A Discontinuous History of Political Freedom

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ID19906089
AuthorsDick Howard, Martin Breaugh (0000-0001-6471-1141, corresponding author), Lazer Lederhendler
Year2013
Pages344
Publication date2013-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePlebeian Experience (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherColumbia University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7312/brea15618
OpenAlexW4238595864
ISBN9780231156196
Open LibraryOL28578876M
LanguageEN
Citations received7

How do people excluded from political life achieve political agency? Through a series of historical events that have been mostly overlooked by political theorists, Martin Breaugh identifies fleeting yet decisive instances of emancipation in which people took it upon themselves to become political subjects. Emerging during the Roman plebs's first secession in 494 BCE, the plebeian experience consists of an underground or unexplored configuration of political strategies to obtain political freedom. The people reject domination through political praxis and concerted action, therefore establishing an alternative form of power. Breaugh's study concludes in the nineteenth century and integrates ideas from sociology, philosophy, history, and political science. Organized around diverse case studies, his work undertakes exercises in political theory to show how concepts provide a different understanding of the meaning of historical events and our political present. The Plebeian Experience describes a recurring phenomenon that clarifies struggles for emancipation throughout history, expanding research into the political agency of the many and shedding light on the richness of radical democratic struggles from ancient Rome to Occupy Wall Street and beyond

Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · 1871 · commune · Democracy · Great britain · History · Jacobins · Liberty · Paris · Plebs (Rome) · Political science · Sansculottes

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