{"product_id":"imperium-structures-and-affects-of-political-bodies-9781786636423","title":"Imperium: Structures and Affects of Political Bodies","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn investigation into what makes the consistency of political groupings\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat should we do with the ideals of internationalism, the withering away of state and horizontality? Probably start by thinking seriously about them. That is to say, about their conditions of possibility (or impossibility), rather than sticking to the wishful thinking which believes that for them to happen it is enough to want them. Humanity exists neither as a dust cloud of separate individuals nor as a unified world political community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt exists fragmented into distinct finite wholes, the forms of which have varied considerably throughout history - the nation-state being only one among many, and certainly not the last. What are the forces that produce this fragmentation, engender such groupings and prevent them from being perfectly horizontal, but also lead them to disappear, merge, or change form? It is questions such as these that this book explores, drawing on Spinoza's political philosophy and especially his two central concepts of multitudo and imperium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781786636423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Frederic Lordon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41490586501301,"sku":"9781786636423","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_aba8f09a-6677-4110-b441-ddf5fa22af99.jpg?v=1640921300","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/imperium-structures-and-affects-of-political-bodies-9781786636423","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}