The Communist Postscript (Pocket Communism)

The Communist Postscript (Pocket Communism)
Authors
Groys, Boris
Publisher
Verso
Tags
philosophy , politics
ISBN
9781844674305
Date
2005-05-31T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.98 MB
Lang
en
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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.