Returning to Revolution: Deleuze, Guattari and Zapatismo
Author(s): Thomas Nail (Author)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication Date: 31 July 2012
Language: English
Print length: 216 pages
ISBN-10: 0748655867
ISBN-13: 9780748655861
Book Description
We are witnessing the return of political revolution. However, this is not a return to the classical forms of revolution: the capture of the state, the political representation of the party, the centrality of the proletariat or the leadership of the vanguard. After the failure of such tactics over the last century, revolutionary strategy is now headed in an entirely new direction. Thomas Nail argues that Deleuze, Guattari and the Zapatistas are at the theoretical and practical heart of this new direction. ‘Returning to Revolution’ is the first full-length book devoted to Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of revolution and to their connection with Zapatismo.
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Review
From Deleuze-Guattari to the Zapatistas and the Occupy movement, there is a long line of flight and an intertwining of subjective potencies that define, both theoretically and practically, the return of revolutionary action – which is traced here by Thomas Nail. This return to action is not dispersed in the molecular plurality of social movements, nor is it confused with any ideal prefiguration of the common, but instead produces new political bodies and strategic participation. Well done Nail! –Antonio Negri
From the Back Cover
‘From Deleuze-Guattari to the Zapatistas and the Occupy movement, there is a long line of flight and an intertwining of subjective potencies that define, both theoretically and practically, the return of revolutionary action – which is traced here by Thomas Nail. This return to action is not dispersed in the molecular plurality of social movements, nor is it confused with any ideal prefiguration of the common, but instead produces new political bodies and strategic participation. Well done Nail!’Antonio NegriAn account of the concept of revolution in the work of Deleuze and GuattariWe are witnessing the return of political revolution. However, this is not a return to the classical forms of revolution: the capture of the state, the political representation of the party, the centrality of the proletariat or the leadership of the vanguard. After the failure of such tactics over the last century, revolutionary strategy is now headed in an entirely new direction.This book argues that Deleuze, Guattari and the Zapatistas are at the theoretical and practical heart of this new direction. Returning to Revolution is the first full-length book devoted to Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of revolution and to their connection with Zapatismo.Thomas Nail is a Postdoctoral Lecturer in European Philosophy at the University of Denver.Jacket design and Zapatista flag illustration: riverdesign.co.uk. [EUP logo]www.euppublishing.comISBN 978-0-7486-5586-1 [please add within the barcode box, at the top]Barcode
About the Author
Thomas Nail is a Post-Doctoral Lecturer in European Philosophy at the University of Denver.
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