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Revolt, Revolution, Critique - The Paradox of Society (Hardcover)
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Revolt, Revolution, Critique - The Paradox of Society (Hardcover)
Series: International Library of Sociology
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In contemporary society the idea of 'revolution' seems to have
become obsolete. What is more untimely than the idea of revolution
today? At the same time, however, the idea of radical change no
longer refers to exceptional circumstances but has become
normalized as part of daily life. Ours is a 'culture' of permanent
revolution in which constant systemic disembedding demands a
meta-stable subjectivity in continuous transformation. In this
sense the idea of revolution is painfully timely. This paradoxical
coincidence, the simultaneous absence and presence of the desire
for radical change in contemporary society, is the point of
departure for the symptomatic reading this book offers. The book
addresses the social, political and cultural significance of revolt
and revolution in three dimensions. First, it analyzes revolt and
revolution as 'events' which are of history but not reducible to
it. Second, it elaborates on theories that grant revolt and
revolution a central place in their structure. And third, it
discusses revolutionary or emancipatory theories that seek to
participate in radical change.Further, since both revolt and
revolution involve the critique of what exists, of actual reality,
the implications of the intimate relationship between revolt,
revolution and critique are explicated.
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