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<b>Precarious Communism: Manifest Mutations, Manifesto Detourned</b><br>
Richard Gilman-Opalsky<br>
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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 <i>The
Communist Manifesto</i> 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. <i>Precarious Communism</i> 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.<br>
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“<i>Precarious Communism</i> 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<br>
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<b>Bio:</b> 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 <i>Spectacular
Capitalism: Guy Debord and the Practice of Radical Philosophy</i>
(2011) and <i>Unbounded Publics: Transgressive Public Spheres,
Zapatismo, and Political Theory</i> (2008).<br>
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