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Book Synopsis'Brilliant.' Nick Dyer-WitherfordA radical re-working of revolutionary theory and its role in politics today.
Trade Review'Not only an explosive break out from the demoralising horizons of contemporary social democracy, but also an exuberant intellectual dance-invitation extended to all mutant Marxists, autonomists and species-being activists eager to catch the strains of a new tune' -- Nick Dyer-Witheford, Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario and author of Cyber-Marx: Cyclesand Circuits of Struggle in High Technology Capitalism (University of Illinois, 1999)
'Inspired to contribute to the symbiotic relationship between the academic and activist worlds, Day has decided to pick up the pen instead of the Molotov cocktail. The result is this brilliant book' -- Ann Hansen -sentenced to life imprisonment for blowing up a cruise-missile component factory, and is the author of Direct Action: The Memoirs of an Urban Guerilla.
'Reassesses from an anarchist perspective the 'logic of hegemony' that unites classical Marxism and liberalism, and declares that this logic has been 'exhausted' by recent social movements' -- Roger Farr, The Rain Review of Books
'A bold and quite convincing statement, one that offers exceptional insight into contemporary political activism' -- Shane Mulligan, Political Studies Review
Table of ContentsList Of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Doing It Yourself: Direct Action Currents In Contemporary Radical Activism
2. Tracking The Hegemony Of Hegemony: Classical Marxism And Liberalism
3. Tracking The Hegemony Of Hegemony: Postmarxism And The New Social Movements
4. Utopian Socialism Then …
5. … And Now
6. Ethics, Affinity, And The Coming Communities
7. Conclusion: Utopian Socialism Again And Again
Notes
References
