"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.
| ISBN: | 9781781688700 |
| Publication date: | 12th May 2015 |
| Author: | Alain Badiou |
| Publisher: | Verso |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 210 pages |
| Genres: |
Social and political philosophy Social theory Far-left political ideologies and movements |
"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.
The Communist Hypothesis features in the following genres: Social and political philosophy, Social theory, Far-left political ideologies and movements
The Communist Hypothesis is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Communist Hypothesis was written by Alain Badiou and published by Verso
The Communist Hypothesis has 210 pages
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