Table Of ContentSOLIDARITY IN CONFLICT
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S O L I D A R I T Y I N
C O N F L I C T
A Democratic Theory
Rochelle DuFord
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Stanford, California
Stanford University Press
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Names: DuFord, Rochelle, author.
Title: Solidarity in conflict : a democratic theory / Rochelle DuFord.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1 Solidarity in Neoliberal Times 25
2 Two Models of Nonexclusion: Conflict in Feminist and
Democratic Theory 50
3 Antisocial Solidarities: The Psychic Life of Domination 76
4 Burdened Action: The Social Formation of Solidarity 101
5 A More Perfect Union: The Ends of Conflict 134
Conclusion: Solidarity Today 164
Notes 173
References 181
Index 193
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book was made possible by the support of many people, institutions, and
organizations. I am deeply grateful to many teachers and mentors. My under-
graduate advisor, April Flakne, helped me develop a sense of myself as a phi-
losopher. Tony Reeves supported my research and philosophical development
as a graduate student. Amy Allen has provided me with advice, read and com-
mented on my work, and offered suggestions that have improved my thought.
I could write at length about the role Max Pensky has played in my life: he has
advised me, has allowed me to follow my considerably weird interests, and has
supported me in following each of them as far down a rabbit hole as I possibly
can. I will only say that Max has played a crucial role in my intellectual devel-
opment, and that this book displays a considerable amount he has taught me. I
am also grateful for support and instruction from Lisa Tessman, Christopher
Morgan- Knapp, Joe Mink, and Mattias Iser. I cannot conceive of myself as a
scholar without their influence and support.
I had many friends and colleagues read, comment, and advise me on
this project. Their assistance has been invaluable. First and foremost is
Aaron Bell. Much of my thinking has developed through the aid of our
hours- long conversations, in which he always participates with interest
and a criticality few others bring. I am also grateful for friends and col-
leagues who have supported me both intellectually and personally: Izzy
To, Regan Rule, Bev Foulks Mcguire, Diana Pasulka, Rachel Walker,
Warren Goldstein, my colleagues at Hobart and William Smith and the
University of Hartford, and the participants in the Summer 2018 National
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) seminar “Invisible Bonds: The
Enlightenment Science of Society from Mandeville to Hegel.”
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viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am appreciative of the NEH for funding my time at the aforemen-
tioned seminar, and for audiences at the Critical Theory Roundtable, the
“Solidarity and Democratic Theory Today” workshop at the Manchester
Centre for Political Theory, and the Czech Academy of the Sciences Phi-
losophy and Social Sciences Conference. The two anonymous review-
ers of this manuscript have provided me with thoughtful, challenging,
and useful advice in developing my thoughts in the clearest and most
compelling way that I could. My editor at Stanford University Press,
Erica Wetter, has provided me with advice for writing this manuscript
in the most compelling fashion. I’m very appreciative of her ample and
generous suggestions.
My life and work has been made possible through the many liberatory
solidarity groups that came before me. Without their actions, some of
which I know and many of which I do not, my life would be significantly
different— not merely in that my awe of their tenacity and bravery has
inspired this book, but also in that these movements have made the world
in such a fashion that I can live in it less constrained than I otherwise
would have been.
I would like to thank my partner: Matt Applegate. Matt has been the
friend, colleague, editor, and confidant who has made this book possible
through his support, kindness, and care. His astute political awareness
has deeply influenced my writing, politics, and life in ways I can’t quite
express. Regardless, I’m deeply grateful. Finally, I’d like to thank my
cats— Kafka, Rosco, Dumpling, and Rosalie— for their friendship.
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