Between Politics and Antipolitics

"Dick Howard has long been an important contributor to debates on the left about the meaning of democracy. This book brings together many of his most important essays published in the wake of 9/11. The essays range widely, and they combine intellectual history and political theory with probing commentary on current events. I highly recommend this book." -Jeffrey C. Isaac, James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA "Mixing personal memoir with history, Dick Howard gives us a look at the development of the New Left, its dissolution, and some proposals for its regeneration. From out of the diverse theories that fought and dispersed, he attempts to derive an updated version of the historical dialectic that originally animated the New Left." -Terry Pinkard, University Professor, Georgetown University, USA and the author of Hegel: A Biography, and German Philosophy 1760-1860 (2001) "Dick Howard has been a consistent and powerful voice on the left for a radically democratic, anti-totalitarian political philosophy. In this book he traces the foundations of that perspective and addresses the hopes for an activist, responsive, and responsible democracy raised by the democratic revolutions that ended totalitarianism in Eastern Europe and the demise of the repressive antinomies of Cold War mentalities both on the right and the left." - Michael H. Bernhard, Raymond and Miriam Ehrlich Eminent Scholar Chair in Political Science, University of Florida, USA "Historical depth, philosophical clarity, political acumen and rhetorical sobriety make reading Dick Howard both pleasurable and profitable." -Norman Birnbaum, University Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University Law Center, USA