The Communist Postscript (Pocket Communism) - Hardcover

Groys, Boris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844674304 ISBN 13: 9781844674305

Publisher: Verso, 2010

Synopsis

Since Plato, philosophers have dreamed of establishing a rational state ruled through the power of language. In this radical and disturbing account of Soviet philosophy, Boris Groys argues that communism shares that dream and is best understood as an attempt to replace financial with linguistic bonds as the cement uniting society. The transformative power of language, the medium of equality, is the key to any new communist revolution.

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About the Author

Boris Groys is Professor of Aesthetics, Art History, and Media Theory at the Center for Art and Media Technology in Karlsruhe, and since 2005, the Global Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU. He has published numerous books including The Total Art of Stalinism, Ilya Kabakov: The Man Who Flew into Space from His Apartment, Art Power, and The Communist Postscript.

Review

“One of the most astute commentators on the art scene today.”—New Left Review

“Groys combines revelatory analysis with philosophical questions that go to the heart of cultural production today.”—Iwona Blazwick

“A timely intervention in present debates about the legacy of communism [and] a provocative addition to Groys’ brilliantly paradoxical body of work.”—Art Review

“Groys has claimed a defining role in the reception of the Russian avant-garde ... The Communist Postscript presents Groys’s attempt to advocate the communist idea against its own historic assumptions.”—Radical Philosophy

Edition details

• Publisher: Verso
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1844674304
• ISBN 13: 9781844674305
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 160