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Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging

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Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging

When people say â€œcomrade,â€ they change the world

In the twentieth century, millions of people across the globe addressed each other as â€œcomrade.â€ Now, among the left, itâ€™s more common to hear talk of â€œallies.â€ In Comrade, Jodi Dean insists that this shift exemplifies the key problem with the contemporary left: the substitution of political identity for a relationship of political belonging that must be built, sustained, and defended.

Dean offers a theory of the comrade. Comrades are equals on the same side of a political struggle. Voluntarily coming together in the struggle for justice, their relationship is characterized by discipline, joy, courage, and enthusiasm. Considering the egalitarianism of the comrade in light of differences of race and gender, Dean draws from an array of historical and literary examples such as Harry Haywood, C.L.R. James, Alexandra Kollontai, and Doris Lessing. She argues that if we are to be a left at all, we have to be comrades.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 55320359
Color Red
ReleaseDate 2019-10-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781788735018

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