Placeholder text
The Radicality of Love
Only 1 item left in stock
Description
Although all important political and social changes of the 20th century included heated debates on the role of love, it seems that in the 21st century of new technologies of the self (Grindr, Tinder, online dating, etc.) we are faced with a hyperinflation of sex, not love. By going back to the sexual revolution of the October Revolution and its subsequent repression, to Che's dilemma between love and revolutionary commitment and to the period of '68 (from communes to terrorism) and its commodification in late capitalism, the Croatian philosopher Srecko Horvat gives a possible answer to the question of why it is that the most radical revolutionaries like Lenin or Che were scared of the radicality of love. What is so radical about a seemingly conservative notion of love and why is it anything but conservative?
This short book is a modest contribution to the current upheavals around the world - from Tahrir to Taksim, from Occupy Wall Street to Hong Kong, from Athens to Sarajevo - in which the question of love is curiously, surprisingly, absent.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
120
Release Date:
2015-11-06
Publication Date:
2015-11-06
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0745691153
ISBN13:
9780745691152
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
203 g
Height:
123 cm
Width:
190 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
Condition
Show more
Show less
Show more
Show less
Good
The items bear minimal signs of past use, such as light scratches or memories in the form of markings. These signs of wear give the items a charming character and tell stories of their previous owners, while not affecting their functionality.
€9,69