Radical Future Pasts: Untimely Political Theory - Paperback

by Romand Coles (Editor), Mark Reinhardt (Editor), George Shulman (Editor)

Written by both well-established and rising scholars, Radical Future Pasts seeks to open up new possibilities for theoretical inquiries and engagements with practical political struggles. Unlike conventional "state of the discipline" collections, this volume does not summarize the history of political theory. Rather than accept traditional ideas about the political past, the contributors reinterpret canonical and current texts to demonstrate fresh interpretations and narratives.

Led by editors Romand Coles, Mark Reinhardt, and George Shulman, and inspired by the work of Peter Euben, the contributors both explore and exemplify the range and importance of political theory's different genres while concentrating on such themes as time and temporality, the politics of tragedy, and political movements and subjectivities. A groundbreaking volume featuring the best new scholarship in the field, this provocative book will be useful to scholars and students interested in political theory and its relationship to political practice.

Author Biography

Romand Coles is the Frances B. McAllister Chair and director of the Program for Community, Culture, and Environment at Northern Arizona University. He is the author of Beyond Gated Politics: Reflections for the Possibility of Democracy and coauthor of Christianity, Democracy, and the Radical Ordinary: Conversations between a Radical Democrat and a Christian. He lives in Flagstaff, Arizona. Mark Reinhardt is the Class of 1956 Professor of American Civilization in the Department of Political Science at Williams College. His books include Who Speaks for Margaret Garner?: The True Story That Inspired Toni Morrison's Beloved and The Art of Being Free: Taking Liberties with Tocqueville, Marx, and Arendt. He lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts. George Shulman is professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and the author of Radicalism and Reverence: The Political Thought of Gerrard Winstanley and American Prophecy: Race and Redemption in American Political Culture. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.