Revolt, revolution, critique : the paradox of society
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Revolt, revolution, critique : the paradox of society
（International library of sociology）
Routledge, 2012
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-196) and index
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In contemporary society the idea of 'revolution' seems to have become obsolete. What is more untimely than the idea of revolution today? At the same time, however, the idea of radical change no longer refers to exceptional circumstances but has become normalized as part of daily life. Ours is a 'culture' of permanent revolution in which constant systemic disembedding demands a meta-stable subjectivity in continuous transformation. In this sense, the idea of revolution is painfully timely. This paradoxical coincidence, the simultaneous absence and presence of the desire for radical change in contemporary society, is the point of departure for the symptomatic reading this book offers.
The book addresses the social, political and cultural significance of revolt and revolution in three dimensions. First, it analyzes revolt and revolution as 'events' which are of history but not reducible to it. Second, it elaborates on theories that grant revolt and revolution a central place in their structure. Thirdly, it discusses revolutionary or emancipatory theories that seek to participate in radical change. Further, since both revolt and revolution involve the critique of what exists, of actual reality, the implications of the intimate relationship between revolt, revolution and critique are explicated.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Life Without Idea Part 1: Revolt and Counter-Revolt 1. Revolt and Repetition 2. The Profane 3. Revolt as Pure Politics. Excursus I: The Ghost of Spartacus Part 2: Revolt and Counter-Revolution 4. The Infinite Revolution 5. Nothing and Everything 6. Strategy and Intoxication 7. Mass Movement, Elections and the Medieval Man 8. Antagonisms and Disjunctive Syntheses. Excursus II: Huxley's Brave New World - and Ours Part 3: Critique and Counter-Critique 9. Critique of Critique of Critique... 10. Critique as Communism, Communism as Critique. Afterword: De Te Fabula Narratur!
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