{"product_id":"the-rebirth-of-history-times-of-riots-and-uprisings-alain-badiou","title":"The Rebirth of History: Times of Riots and Uprisings – Alain Badiou","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-teaser\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable with shipping in the US\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand UK only.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"t-rte\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"t-rte\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"t-rte\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"t-rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTesting the winds of history blowing from the Arab revolts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the uprisings of the Arab world, Alain Badiou discerns echoes of the European revolutions of 1848. In both cases, the object was to overthrow despotic regimes maintained by the great powers—regimes designed to impose the will of financial oligarchies. Both events occurred after what was commonly thought to be the end of a revolutionary epoch: in 1815, the final defeat of Napoleon; and in 1989, the fall of the Soviet Union. But the revolutions of 1848 proclaimed for a century and a half the return of revolutionary thought and action. Likewise, the uprisings underway today herald a worldwide resurgence in the liberating force of the masses—despite the attempts of the ‘international community’ to neutralize its power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBadiou’s book salutes this reawakening of history, weaving examples from the Arab Spring and elsewhere into a global analysis of the return of emancipatory universalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"c-product-reviews\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-section-title c-section-title--large c-section-title--accent\"\u003e\"A figure like Plato or Hegel walks here among us!\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSlavoj Žižek\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-section-title c-section-title--large c-section-title--accent\"\u003e\"An heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew Statesman\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-section-title c-section-title--large c-section-title--accent\"\u003e\"One of the most important philosophers writing today.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Joan Copjec\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-section-title c-section-title--large c-section-title--accent\"\u003e\"Scarcely any other moral thinker of our day is as politically clear-sighted and courageously polemical, so prepared to put notions of truth and universality back on the agenda.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTerry Eagleton\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-section-title c-section-title--large c-section-title--accent\"\u003e\"Shaking the foundations of Western liberal democracy.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-section-title c-section-title--large c-section-title--accent\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ccite\u003eHardback \/ 126 pages \/ July 2012 \/ 9781844678792\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40747072159829,"sku":"10000","price":30.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/7554\/5141\/files\/getimage_947a51a0-61b3-470f-9b3c-36167de83afe.webp?v=1703861539","url":"https:\/\/shop.workingclasshistory.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-rebirth-of-history-times-of-riots-and-uprisings-alain-badiou","provider":"Working Class History | Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}