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Revolution at the Gates: Selected Writings of Lenin from 1917 (The Essential Zizek)

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Revolution at the Gates: Selected Writings of Lenin from 1917 (The Essential Zizek)

The idea of a Lenin renaissance might well provoke an outburst of sarcastic laughter. Marx is OK, but Lenin? Doesnâ€™t he stand for the big catastrophe which left its mark on the entire twentieth-century?

Lenin, however, deserves wider consideration than this, and his writings of 1917 are testament to a formidable political figure. They reveal his ability to grasp the significance of an extraordinary moment in history. Everything is here, from Lenin-the-ingenious-revolutionary-strategist to Lenin-of-the-enacted-utopia. To use Kierkegaardâ€™s phrase, what we can glimpse in these writings is Lenin-in-becoming: not yet Lenin-the-Soviet-institution, but Lenin thrown into an open, contingent situation.

In Revolution at the Gates, Slavoj ÂŽiÂžek locates the 1917 writings in their historical context, while his afterword tackles the key question of whether Lenin can be reinvented in our era of â€œcultural capitalism.â€ ÂŽiÂžek is convinced that, whatever the discussionâ€”the forthcoming crisis of capitalism, the possibility of a redemptive violence, the falsity of liberal toleranceâ€”Leninâ€™s time has come again.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber new-Feb172017-c0091845
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2011-08-01
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884919494446
EANs 9781844677146

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