Specters of Revolt: On the Intellect of Insurrection and

Specters of Revolt: On the Intellect of Insurrection and Philosophy from Below

In 1848, Karl Marx declared that a communist specter was haunting Europe. In 1994, Jacques Derrida considered how the spectre of Marx would haunt the post-Cold War world. In Specters of Revolt, Gilman-Opalsky argues that the world is haunted by revolt, by the possibility of events that interrupt and disrupt the world, that throw its reality and justice into question. But recent revolt is neither decisively communist nor decisively Marxist. Gilman-Opalsky develops a theory of revolt that accounts for its diverse critical content about autonomy, everyday life, anxiety, experience, knowledge, and possibility. The 1994 uprising of the Mexican Zapatistas set the stage for new forms of revolt against a newly expanded power of capital. In the 20 years since, including the recent phase of global uprisings that began in 2008 with the Greek revolts, insurrection has spoken in the "ArabÂ Spring"Â in Spain, Turkey, Brazil, and in the U.S. in Occupy Wall Street, Ferguson, and Baltimore, among other places. In light of recent global uprisings, Gilman-Opalsky aims to move beyond the critical theory of revolt to an understanding of revolt as theory itself. Making use of diverse sources from Raoul Vaneigem and FÃ©lix Guattari to Julia Kristeva and Raya Dunayevskaya, Spectres of Revolt explores upheaval as thinking, the intellect of insurrection, and philosophy from below.

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Country USA
Brand Repeater
Manufacturer Repeater
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-11-15
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Brand	Repeater
Manufacturer	Repeater
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-11-15
Format	Kindle eBook

Specters of Revolt: On the Intellect of Insurrection and Philosophy from Below

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