The Day After the Revolution: Remembering, Repeating, and Working Through - Brossura

Lenin, V. I.

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ISBN 10: 1786636301 ISBN 13: 9781786636300

Casa editrice: Verso Books, 2018

Riassunto

One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Žižek shows why Lenin&;s thought is still important today

V. I. Lenin&;s originality and importance as a revolutionary leader is most often associated with the seizure of power in 1917. But, in this new study and collection of Lenin&;s original texts, Slavoj Žižek argues that his true greatness can be better grasped in the last two years of his political life. Russia had survived foreign invasion, embargo and a terrifying civil war, as well as internal revolts such as the one at Kronstadt in 1921. But the new state was exhausted, isolated and disorientated. As the anticipated world revolution receded into the distance, new paths had to be charted if the Soviet state was to survive.

With his characteristic brio and provocative insight, Žižek suggests that Lenin&;s courage as a thinker can be found in his willingness to face this reality of retreat unflinchingly. In today&;s world, characterized by political turbulence, economic crises and geopolitical tensions, we should revisit Lenin&;s combination of sober lucidity and revolutionary determination.

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Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana. His books include Living in the End Times, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, In Defense of Lost Causes and many more.

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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Verso Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1786636301
• ISBN 13: 9781786636300
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 186
• Redattore: Zizek Slavoj
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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