(P/B) THE IDEA OF COMMUNISM

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An all-star cast of radical intellectuals discuss the continued importance of communism.
"Separating the promise of communism from the disasters of the twentieth century is no easy task. But it feels necessary. Already we know that choices will have to be made and sides taken. Impending ecological disaster suggests that this could be our last chance to do so. If another world is possible, it will happen in action, not abstract theory. The first choice is very simple: to begin."-The Guardian
Contributors Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, Antoni Negri, Michael Hardt, Jacques Ranciere, Terry Eagleton, Jean-Luc Nancy, Susan Buck-Morss, Bruno Bosteels, Peter Hallward, Alberto Toscano, Wang Hui and others took part in a landmark conference in London on the idea of communism in 2009. 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. (from the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Introduction: The Idea of Communism
- The Idea of Communism
Alain Badiau
- To Present Oneself to the Present. The Communist Hypothesis: a Possible Hypothesis for Philosophy, an Impossible Name for Politics?
Judith Baloo
- The Leftist Hypothesis: Communism in the Age of Terror
Bruno Bosteels
- The Second Time as Farce Historical Pragmatics and the Untimely Present
Susan Buck-Morss
- Adikia: On Communism and Rights
Costas Douzinas
- Communism: Lear or Gonzalo?
Terry Eagleton
- Communism of the Intellect, Communism of the Will
Peter Haliward
- The Common in Communism
Michael Hardt
- Communism, the Word
Jean-Luc Nancy
- Communism: Some Thoughts on the Concept and Practice
Antonio Negri
- Communists Without Communism?
Jacques Ranciere
- Did the Cultural Revolution End Communism? Eight Remarks on Philosophy and Politics Today
Alessandro Russo
- The Politics of Abstraction: Communism and Philosophy
Alberto Toscano
- Weak Communism?
Gianni Vattimo
- How to Begin From the Beginning
Slavoj Zizek
Index