[Minorcompositions] Precarious Communism

[Minor Compositions]

*Precarious Communism: Manifest Mutations, Manifesto Detourned*
Richard Gilman-Opalsky
http://www.minorcompositions.info/?p=601

How does one demonstrate the enduring relevance of a sacred text but to 
help it speak to present times? This is what churches do with the Bible 
and what Marxists do with the writings of Marx. Richard Gilman-Opalsky 
offers a book-length détournement of /The Communist Manifesto/ as a 
loving blasphemy, as a grateful revolt, both for and against the 
original text. Gilman-Opalsky detourns the 1848 manifesto as an 
exploration of its ongoing applicability, as well as its failures, in 
relation to capitalism and its evolving crises. /Precarious Communism/ 
explores long-form détournement as a tool for critical theory. But most 
importantly, Gilman-Opalsky's new book is a mutant manifesto of its own 
that makes the case for an autonomist and millennial Marxism, for the 
many movements of precarious communism.


"/Precarious Communism/ offers a creative, convincing, and provocative 
rerouting of The Communist Manifesto, exploring the catastrophes of both 
statism and capitalism in a fresh new light. Gilman-Opalsky lays bare 
ideological specters of the past that continue to haunt the present. 
This book is a must read for anyone interested in what autonomy, 
dignity, and association mean today, and in understanding the 
insurrectionary hope of people everywhere."  -- John Asimakopoulos, 
Director of the Transformative Studies Institute


*Bio:* Richard Gilman-Opalsky is Associate Professor of Political 
Philosophy in the Department of Political Science at the University of 
Illinois at Springfield. He is the author of /Spectacular Capitalism: 
Guy Debord and the Practice of Radical Philosophy/ (2011) and /Unbounded 
Publics: Transgressive Public Spheres, Zapatismo, and Political Theory/ 
(2008).



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