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The Communist Hypothesis
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This book is suited to readers interested in politics, philosophy, and critical theory, especially those questioning the status quo of capitalism and democracy. It is ideal for academics, activists, and anyone seeking radical perspectives on social justice and political futures.
We know that communism is the right hypothesis. All those who abandon this hypothesis immediately resign themselves to the market economy. This title presents a hypothesis that is partly a demand to reconceptualize communism after the twin deaths of the Soviet Union and neoliberalism, and also a demand for universal emancipation.
A new program for the Left by the inimitable Marxist theorist
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We know that communism is the right hypothesis. All those who abandon this hypothesis immediately resign themselves to the market economy, to parliamentary democracy – the form of state suited to capitalism – and to the inevitable and "natural" character of the most monstrous inequalities. Alain Badiou
Alain Badiou's communist hypothesis, first stated in 2008, cut through the cant and compromises of the past twenty years to reconceptualize the Left. The hypothesis is a fresh demand for universal emancipation and a galvanizing call to arms. Anyone concerned with the future of the planet needs to reckon with the ideas outlined within this book.
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Described as a Little Red Book for contemporary times by Platypus, Badiou's work draws intellectual lineage from Sartre and Althusser, with New Statesman noting this heritage. Slavoj Žižek praises it profoundly, likening Badiou to Plato or Hegel, and the Times Higher Education Supplement highlights its provocative challenge to Western liberal democracy.
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ISBN: 9781781688700
Publisher: Verso Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 May 2015
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Verso Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 19.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Alain Badiou teaches philosophy at the École normale supérieure and the Collège international de philosophie in Paris. In addition to several novels, plays and political essays, he has published a number of major philosophical works, including Theory of the Subject, Being and Event, Manifesto for Philosophy, and Gilles Deleuze. His recent books include The Meaning of Sarkozy, Ethics, Metapolitics, Polemics, The Communist Hypothesis, Five Lessons on Wagner, and Wittgenstein's Anti-Philosophy.
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