The Communist Postscript (Pocket Communism) - Hardcover

Groys, Boris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844674304 ISBN 13: 9781844674305

Verlag: Verso Books, 2010

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Book by Groys Boris

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"A timely intervention in present debates about the legacy of communism... a provocative addition to Groys' brilliantly paradoxical body of work, and deserves to be read in a suitably contrary frame of mind." Brian Dillon, Art Review

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The contemporary world, argues Boris Groys, was made possible by the downfall of historical communism. At the same time, today's political and aesthetic strategies - from a unified Europe to political Islam and contemporary mass culture - all bear the imprint of communist heritage. The renowned art critic and philosopher Boris Groys explores this post-communist condition through a radical and disturbing account of Soviet philosophy. He argues that communist revolution is the transcription of society from the medium of money to the medium of language - a linguistic turn at the level of social praxis. From Plato's philosopher-king onwards, philosophers have dreamt of ruling society through the mastery of language. Groys claims that the end of Soviet communism sets this dream free for new attempts to organize society through language, the medium of equality.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Verso Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1844674304
• ISBN 13: 9781844674305
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160