Change the World Without Taking Power by John Holloway
'This is a refreshing, thought-provoking book. ... A must read for every student and practitioner of political science.' USI Journal This is a new, updated edition of John Holloway's acclaimed guide to the politics of revolution and protest. The wave of political demonstrations since Seattle have crystallised a new trend in left-wing politics. Modern protest movements are grounding their actions in both Marxism and Anarchism, fighting for radical social change in terms that have nothing to do with the taking of state power. This is in clear opposition to the traditional Marxist theory of revolution which centres on taking state power. In this book, John Holloway asks how we can reformulate our understanding of revolution as the struggle against power, not for power. After a century of failed attempts by revolutionary and reformist movements to bring about radical social change, the concept of revolution itself is in crisis. John Holloway opens up the theoretical debate, reposing some of the basic concepts of Marxism in a critical development of the subversive Marxist tradition represented by Adorno, Bloch and Lukacs, amongst others, and grounded in a rethinking of Marx's concept of 'fetishisation'-- how doing is transformed into being.
..Holloway has nade a brave attempt to develop a new politcs for the twenty-first century...Change the World without Taking Power is an interesting book and one that should be widely read -- Aufheben
John Holloway's text is the deepest and most challenging one among those reviewed here. One of the things that makes it so interesting is the author's attempt to simultaneously negotiate two agendas: rescuing Marxism for contemporary radical politics and rescuing it from itself -- The New Formulation
This is a refreshing, thought provoking book and may donate a fresh interest of the world's political community in those facets of communism...A must read for every student and practitioner of political science. -- USI Journal
Holloway's thesis is indeed important and worthy of notice -- Richard J. F. Day. TOPIA, Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies
John Holloway's text is the deepest and most challenging one among those reviewed here. One of the things that makes it so interesting is the author's attempt to simultaneously negotiate two agendas: rescuing Marxism for contemporary radical politics and rescuing it from itself -- The New Formulation
This is a refreshing, thought provoking book and may donate a fresh interest of the world's political community in those facets of communism...A must read for every student and practitioner of political science. -- USI Journal
Holloway's thesis is indeed important and worthy of notice -- Richard J. F. Day. TOPIA, Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies
John Holloway is Professor of Sociology in the Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades of the Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla in Mexico. He is the author of Crack Capitalism (Pluto, 2010), Change the World Without Taking Power (Pluto, 2019) and Negativity and Revolution (Pluto, 2008).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780745324661 |
| ISBN 10 | 0745324665 |
| Title | Change the World Without Taking Power |
| Author | John Holloway |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pluto Press |
| Year published | 2005-06-20 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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