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The Communist Horizon Reprint Edition
Author(s): Jodi Dean (Author)
- Publisher: Verso Books
- Publication Date: 10 July 2018
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 1786635526
- ISBN-13: 9781786635525
Book Description
Jodi Dean unshackles the communist ideal from the failures of the Soviet Union. In the new capitalism of networked information technologies, our very ability to communicate is exploited, but revolution is still possible if we organise on the basis of our common and collective desires. Examining the experience of the Occupy movement, Dean argues that such spontaneity can’t develop into a revolution and it needs to constitute itself as a party. An innovative work of pressing relevance, The Communist Horizon offers nothing less than a manifesto for a new collective politics.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘One of the most significant books in recent critical theory to theorize a powerful leftist politics. Its spirit and argument are energizing,and Dean’s analysis is likely to intensify desires for transnational solidarity toward ending exploitation. The book’s message is especially important in the present moment, when so many people despair over their political and economic powerlessness.’ –Political Theory
‘This is what everyone engaged in today’s struggles for emancipation needs: a unique combination of theoretical stringency and a realistic assessment of our predicament. To anyone who continues to dwell in illusions about liberal democracy, one should simply say: read Jodi Dean’s new book!’ –Slavoj Zizek
‘Jodi’s sharp analysis of the impasses of the left is also a kind of requiem for much of the 2.0 bluster of the last decade.’ –Mark Fisher, author of Capitalist Realism
About the Author
Jodi Dean teaches political and media theory in Geneva, New York. She has written many books, including Crowds and Party and Democracy and Other Neoliberal Fantasies.
