{"product_id":"the-communist-hypothesis-alain-badiou","title":"The Communist Hypothesis – 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\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new program for the Left by the inimitable Marxist theorist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"We know that communism is the right hypothesis. All those who abandon this hypothesis immediately resign themselves to the market economy, to parliamentary democracy - the form of state suited to capitalism - and to the inevitable and \"natural\" character of the most monstrous inequalities.\"\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAlain Badiou\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlain Badiou's 'communist hypothesis', first stated in 2008, cut through the cant and compromises of the past twenty years to reconceptualize the Left. The hypothesis is a fresh demand for universal emancipation and a galvanizing call to arms. Anyone concerned with the future of the planet needs to reckon with the ideas outlined within this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003ccite\u003e\"A Little Red Book for our time?\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlatypus\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-section-title c-section-title--large c-section-title--accent\"\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\"An heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLucy Wadham, New Statesman\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-section-title c-section-title--large c-section-title--accent\"\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\"A figure like Plato or Hegel walks here among us!\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003ccite\u003eSlavoj Zizek\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-section-title c-section-title--large c-section-title--accent\"\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\"Shaking the foundations of Western liberal democracy.\"\u003cbr\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c-section-title c-section-title--large c-section-title--accent\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ccite\u003ePaperback \/ 224 pages \/ May 2015 \/ 9781781688700\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\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":40746837442645,"sku":"10000","price":55.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/7554\/5141\/files\/getimage_e7525a9f-3c8f-4f4b-af84-1d0af98c8d1e.webp?v=1703860293","url":"https:\/\/shop.workingclasshistory.com\/en-nz\/products\/the-communist-hypothesis-alain-badiou","provider":"Working Class History | Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}