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New Directions in Critical Theory
Amy Allen, General Editor
New Directions in Critical Theory presents outstanding classic and contemporary texts
in the tradition of critical social theory, broadly construed. The series aims to renew and
advance the program of critical social theory, with a particular focus on theorizing con-
temporary struggles around gender, race, sexuality, class, and globalization and their com-
plex interconnections.
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W h at I s a P e o p l e ?
Alain Badiou, Pierre Bourdieu, Judith Butler,
Georges Didi-Huberman,
Sadri Khiari, and Jacques Rancière
Introduction by Bruno Bosteels
and Conclusion by Kevin Olson
Translated by Jody Gladding
Columbia University Press New York
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Qu’est-ce qu’un peuple? © 2013 La Fabrique-Éditions
English translation © 2016 Columbia University Press
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Names: Badiou, Alain, author.
Title: What is a people? / Alain Badiou, Pierre Bourdieu, Judith Butler,
Georges Didi-Huberman, Sadri Khiari, and Jacques Rancière ;
introduction by Bruno Bosteels and Conclusion by Kevin Olson ;
translated by Jody Gladding.
Other titles: Qu’est-ce qu’un peuple? English
Description: New York : Columbia University Press,
2016. | Series: New directions in critical theory |
Translation of: Qu’est-ce qu’un peuple? |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015042650 | ISBN 9780231168762
(cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780231541718 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Democracy. | Populism. | Group identity. | People
(Constitutional law) | Political science—Philosophy. | Social
classes—Political aspects. | Nation-state.
Classification: LCC JC423 .Q46513 2016 | DDC 320.56/62—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015042650
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CONTENTS
preface vii
Introduction: This People Which Is Not One
bruno bosteels 1
1. Twenty-Four Notes on the Uses of the Word “People”
alain badiou 21
2. You Said “Popular”?
pierre bourdieu 32
3. “We, the People”: Thoughts on Freedom of Assembly
judith butler 49
4. To Render Sensible
georges didi-huberman 65
5. The People and the Third People
sadri khiari 87
6. The Populism That Is Not to Be Found
jacques rancière 101
Conclusion: Fragile Collectivities, Imagined Sovereignties
kevin olson 107
notes 133
index 153
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PREFACE
“The child is the interpreter of the people. What am I saying? He is
the people itself, in its native truth, before it is deformed, the people
without vulgarity, without rudeness, without envy, inspiring neither
defiance nor repulsion.” Michelet’s words can make us smile, but
when we speak of popular (language) or of populist (discourse), isn’t
there a kind of defiance and repulsion there?
The plan for this book grew out of our anxiety at seeing the word
“people” hopelessly joined with the group of words like “republic” or
“secularism,” whose meanings have evolved to serve to maintain the
order. Despite their diversity, what the texts brought together here
have in common is demonstrating that people remains solidly rooted
on the side of emancipation.
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Description:What Is a People? seeks to reclaim "people" as an effective political concept by revisiting its uses and abuses over time. Alain Badiou surveys the idea of a people as a productive force of solidarity and emancipation and as a negative tool of categorization and suppression. Pierre Bourdieu follows
