Table of Contents

Introduction: Ontology and depoliticisation in a pluralist world.- PART I: A Phenomenology of Depoliticisation in Theorising a Pluralist World.- Chapter 1: Depoliticisation in liberal and post-liberal ontologies.- Chapter 2: Depoliticisation in critical dialogic ontologies.- Chapter 3:Depoliticisation in agonistic ontologies.- PART II: Political Ontology and the Future of Politics.- Chapter 4: From stasis to tragedy: ontology and phenomenology of political difference.- Chapter 5: Traversing the fantasy and the ‘morning after’: from political ontology to theopolitical meontology.- Epilogue: The politics of (im)pure criticism.- Bibliography.- Index.

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"Vassilios Paipais's study is a powerful intervention in the debates in international political theory. Against the depoliticizing tendencies in both liberal and critical political theory, Paipais presents a new political ontology that transposes Heidegger's 'ontological difference' to the terrain of the political and develops a messianic theory of political subjectivity. With this important book Paipais has emerged as a key figure in the ongoing 'ontological turn' in political theory." (Dr. Sergei Prozorov, University of Helsinki, Finland) "In this book Vassilios Paipais offers us a richly textured reflection on the interrelationship between political ontology and the realities of pluralism in both contemporary world politics and in contemporary political theory. Informed by a deep knowledge of the authors with whom he engages, but with eye always on the ways that theoretical debates play out in practice, Paipais has produced a striking intervention that opens up important possibilities for ontological critique in international political thought and beyond." (Professor Nicholas Rengger, St Andrews University, UK) "This brilliant treatise offers a bold contribution to current thinking on the so-called ontological turn. Vassilios Paipais is an important voice of our times. (Professor Mustapha Kamal Pasha, Aberystwyth University, UK)

About the Author

Vassilios Paipais is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of St Andrews, UK. He was previously Teaching Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He earned a PhD in International Relations from LSE and has published in various leading International Relations journals.