As virulent nationalism increases in Europe and thw debate surrounding political correctness continues to rage in the US, this volume provides a theoretical analysis of these events and the questions they raise for critical theory.

This book looks behind the familiar words of the discourse to rethink notions of universality and agency and the traditions of liberalism, nationalism, and pluralism. The essays in the collection investigate the meaning of democracy and 'radical democracy' and provide a theoretical analysis of these debates and the questions they raise about critical theory.

Includes a debate with Joan W. Scott, Cornel West, Chantal Mouffe, Homi Bhabha, Jacques Ranciere, Andreas Huyssen, Ernesto Laclau, and Stanley Aronowitz. The second part the book is comprised by Elaborations from Cornel West, Etienne Balibar, Wendy Brown, Judith Butler and Fredric Jameson.

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