The political unconscious of practice theory

Populism and democracy

Bibliographic Data

ID4481212
AuthorsM Strand (0000-0002-6820-5358, Brandeis University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume158
Issue1
Pages96-116
Publication date2020-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThesis Eleven (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0725513619888679
OpenAlexW2991389617
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited17

This article attempts a self-clarification of practice theory by providing a genetic history of 'practice' as a figure in social thought. This locates two different versions of practice theory in Marx's 'practical question' and Hobbes' 'Kingdom of Darkness', respectively, and shows how both historically comprise a practical critique of testing reason. This article examines how the practical critique performs a dialectic of politicization and depoliticization that finds family resemblances and paradoxical alignments between the political left and right. The article evaluates the strength of the practical critique and asks whether it results in a power politics with both left and right versions

Critical theory · Democracy · Democratic Theory · Dialectic · Epistemology · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Psychoanalysis · Social practice · Social science · Social theory · Sociology · Unconscious mind · History · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Psychology

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