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Book Synopsis
A classic thought-experiment in the true meaning of resistance.

Trade Review
'This is a most compelling book. A must read, and already a classic' -- Werner Bonefeld, The University of York
'This book has transformed the way we think about radical change. While reading Holloway's masterpiece, if you feel that everything you had previously thought about in relation to Marxism and revolution had been ill-conceived, you are not alone!' -- Ana Cecilia Dinerstein, University of Bath
'A refreshing, thought provoking book ... A must read for every student and practitioner of political science' -- USI Journal
'A beautiful but strange book' -- Antonio Negri
'This book should not only be thought of as a masterful contribution to critical theory in the speculative mode of Hegel, Bloch, or Adorno; it is intended, rather, as a contribution to revolutionary practice. John Holloway is one of the most important revolutionary theorists of our time' -- Andrej Grubacic, California Institute of Integral Studies
'The first edition of this book was published at the time of the Argentine popular rebellion, the second during Occupy Wall Street and the Movements of the Squares...let this edition be the one that ushers in the era of the new commons' -- Marina Sitrin, SUNY Binghamton University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the First Edition
1. The Scream
2. Beyond the State?
3. Beyond Power?
4. Fetishism: The Tragic Dilemma
5. Fetishism and Fetishisation
6. Anti-Fetishism and Criticism
7. The Tradition of Scientific Marxism
8. The Critical-Revolutionary Subject
9. The Material Reality of Anti-Power
10. The Material Reality of Anti-Power and the Crisis of Capital
11. Revolution?
Epilogue: Moving Against and Beyond: Reflections on a Discussion
Notes
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index

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      Publisher: Pluto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/03/2019
      ISBN13: 9780745339337, 978-0745339337
      ISBN10: 0745339336

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A classic thought-experiment in the true meaning of resistance.

      Trade Review
      'This is a most compelling book. A must read, and already a classic' -- Werner Bonefeld, The University of York
      'This book has transformed the way we think about radical change. While reading Holloway's masterpiece, if you feel that everything you had previously thought about in relation to Marxism and revolution had been ill-conceived, you are not alone!' -- Ana Cecilia Dinerstein, University of Bath
      'A refreshing, thought provoking book ... A must read for every student and practitioner of political science' -- USI Journal
      'A beautiful but strange book' -- Antonio Negri
      'This book should not only be thought of as a masterful contribution to critical theory in the speculative mode of Hegel, Bloch, or Adorno; it is intended, rather, as a contribution to revolutionary practice. John Holloway is one of the most important revolutionary theorists of our time' -- Andrej Grubacic, California Institute of Integral Studies
      'The first edition of this book was published at the time of the Argentine popular rebellion, the second during Occupy Wall Street and the Movements of the Squares...let this edition be the one that ushers in the era of the new commons' -- Marina Sitrin, SUNY Binghamton University

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements
      Preface to the Fourth Edition
      Preface to the Third Edition
      Preface to the First Edition
      1. The Scream
      2. Beyond the State?
      3. Beyond Power?
      4. Fetishism: The Tragic Dilemma
      5. Fetishism and Fetishisation
      6. Anti-Fetishism and Criticism
      7. The Tradition of Scientific Marxism
      8. The Critical-Revolutionary Subject
      9. The Material Reality of Anti-Power
      10. The Material Reality of Anti-Power and the Crisis of Capital
      11. Revolution?
      Epilogue: Moving Against and Beyond: Reflections on a Discussion
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Name Index
      Subject Index

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