The Idea of Communism
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The Idea of Communism

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eBook - ePub

The Idea of Communism

About this book

Do not be afraid, join us, come back! You've had your anti-communist fun, and you are pardoned for it-time to get serious once again!-Slavoj Zizek
Responding to Alain Badiou's 'communist hypothesis', the leading political philosophers of the Left convened in London in 2009 to take part in a landmark conference to discuss the perpetual, persistent notion that, in a truly emancipated society, all things should be owned in common. This volume brings together their discussions on the philosophical and political import of the communist idea, highlighting both its continuing significance and the need to reconfigure the concept within a world marked by havoc and crisis.

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Publisher
Verso
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781844674596
eBook ISBN
9781789601879
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Literary Essays

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction: The Idea of Communism
  7. 1. The Idea of Communism
  8. 2. To Present Oneself to the Present. The Communist Hypothesis: a Possible Hypothesis for Philosophy, an Impossible Name for Politics?
  9. 3. The Leftist Hypothesis: Communism in the Age of Terror
  10. 4. The Second Time as Farce … Historical Pragmatics and the Untimely Present
  11. 5. Adikia: On Communism and Rights
  12. 6. Communism: Lear or Gonzalo?
  13. 7. ‘Communism of the Intellect, Communism of the Will’
  14. 8. The Common in Communism
  15. 9. Communism, the Word (Notes for the Conference)
  16. 10. Communism: Some Thoughts on the Concept and Practice
  17. 11. Communists Without Communism?
  18. 12. Did the Cultural Revolution End Communism? Eight Remarks on Philosophy and Politics Today
  19. 13. The Politics of Abstraction: Communism and Philosophy
  20. 14. Weak Communism?
  21. 15. How to Begin From the Beginning
  22. Notes
  23. Index

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