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The rebirth of history / Alain Badiou ; translated by Gregory Elliott.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Verso, 2012.Description: 120 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781844678792 (hbk.)
  • 1844678792 (hbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Réveil de l\'histoire. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.64 BAD
Contents:
Introduction -- Capitalism today -- Immediate riot -- Latent riot -- Historical riot -- Riots and the West -- Riot, event, truth -- Event and political organization -- State and politics : identity and genericity -- Doctrinal summary -- To conclude (with a poet) -- Appendices: I. Tunisia and Egypt : the universal significance of the popular uprisings -- II. Short dialogue on the present times.
Summary: Weaving examples from the Arab Spring and elsewhere into a global analysis of the return of emancipatory universalism, the author discerns echoes of the European revolutions of 1848 in the current uprisings in the Arab world. Both events occurred after what was commonly thought to be the end of a revolutionary epoch: the final defeat of Napoleon in 1815 and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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 underway 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.

Originally published: Nouvelles éditions Lignes, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Capitalism today -- Immediate riot -- Latent riot -- Historical riot -- Riots and the West -- Riot, event, truth -- Event and political organization -- State and politics : identity and genericity -- Doctrinal summary -- To conclude (with a poet) -- Appendices: I. Tunisia and Egypt : the universal significance of the popular uprisings -- II. Short dialogue on the present times.

Weaving examples from the Arab Spring and elsewhere into a global analysis of the return of emancipatory universalism, the author discerns echoes of the European revolutions of 1848 in the current uprisings in the Arab world. Both events occurred after what was commonly thought to be the end of a revolutionary epoch: the final defeat of Napoleon in 1815 and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989.

Translated from the French.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Alain Badiou teaches philosophy at the Ecole normale superieure and the College international de philosphie in Paris.

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