Description: In contrast to the common understanding of politics as a domain of speaking, reveals an alternative tradition where the spoken word fails, collapses, breaks (i.e., a politics of not speaking).
Brief description: Elad Lapidot is Professor of Jewish Thought at the University of Lille, France. He is the author of Jews Out of the Question: A Critique of Anti-Anti-Semitism, also published by SUNY Press.
Review Quotes:
"...the text is pleasantly reader friendly. It will appeal to anyone interested in key notions of modern politics, such as law, sovereignty, race, the state, and imperialism." -- CHOICE
"There are many books on the decolonial perspective but The Politics of Not Speaking stands out in its innovative approach to decolonialism as the politics of not speaking, based on the deliberative logoclastic crisis. Originating in talks centered around close readings of Schmitt, Heidegger, Fanon, Spivak, and Derrida, the highly accessible style makes this a useful text for undergraduate and graduate courses on decolonialism and political theology, among others." -- Agata Bielik-Robson, author of Derrida's Marrano Passover: Exile, Survival, and the Metaphysics of Non-Identity