{"product_id":"9781350268470","title":"On Political Impasse : Power, Resistance, and New Forms of Selfhood","description":"\u003cp\u003ePower is classically understood as the playing out of relations between the ruler and the ruled. Political impasse is often viewed as a moment in which no clear-cut delineation of power exists, resulting in an overwhelming sense of frustration or feeling stuck in a no-win situation. The new globalised world has produced a real shift in how power works: not only has power been concentrated in the hands of very few while many millions become more oppressed by radical shortages and growing costs, but we also have a new category of political subjectivity in which many find themselves neither rulers nor radically oppressed. Those who live the neither\/nor of contemporary power live the new global impasse. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor those of us who are stuck and compelled to wait for dominant power to break, this book uncovers possibilities in thought, imagination, and self-appropriation through oikeiosis, that is, making oneself at home in oneself, and constancy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49469975494883,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/3758\/6147\/files\/9781350268470-1.jpg?v=1788380137","url":"https:\/\/usa.kinokuniya.com\/products\/9781350268470","provider":"Books Kinokuniya USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}