The Communist Postscript
Book 1 of Pocket Communism
Language: English
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: Sep 30, 2014
Words:
27092
Flesch:
41.91
DDC:
306.44947
FAST Tags:
Soviet Union,
Philosophy,
Power (Social sciences),
Communism,
Post-communism--Social aspects,
Communism and linguistics,
Post-communism,
Language and languages--Political aspects
LCC:
HX44.5
Book Details
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Description:
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.