The Rebirth of History: Times of Riots and Uprisings - Couverture rigide

Badiou, Alain

 
9781844678792: The Rebirth of History: Times of Riots and Uprisings
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1844678792 ISBN 13 : 9781844678792
Editeur : Verso Books, 2012

Synopsis

In the uprisings of the Arab world, Alain Badiou discerns echoes of the European revolutions of 1848. In both cases, the object was to overthrow despotic regimes maintained by the great powers - regimes designed to impose the will of financial oligarchies. Both events occurred after what was commonly thought to be the end of a revolutionary epoch: in 1815 the final defeat of Napoleon and in 1989 the fall of the Soviet Union. But the revolutions of 1848 proclaimed for a century and a half the return of revolutionary thought and action. Likewise, the uprisings under way today herald a worldwide resurgence in the liberating force of the masses - despite the attempts of the 'international community' to neutralize its power. Badiou's book salutes this reawakening of history, weaving examples from the Arab Spring and elsewhere into a global analysis of the return of emancipatory universalism.

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À propos de l?auteur

ALAIN BADIOU teaches philosophy at the Ecole normale superieure and the College international de philosophie in Paris. In addition to several novels, plays and political essays, he has published a number of philosophical works, including Wittgenstein's Antiphilosophy, The Communist Hypothesis and Metapolitics.

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Éditeur
Verso Books
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1844678792
ISBN 13 
9781844678792
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
126
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