Masses Classes Ideas: Studies Cl

by Balibar, James Swenson (Translator)

First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Genres: Philosophy, Politics, Nonfiction

250 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Harry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bizarre sandwich, three crucial essays, surrounded by three on either side of tangential interest or coherence.

[Chelsea Szendi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Please note that I was forced to limit my number of stars simply due to the limits of my own intellect. I found this book very rough going, although I really liked Balibar's discussion of universalism and racism. Too dense to paraphrase, I offer you his conclusion in his own words: “I do not think we can effectively face racism with the abstract motto of universality. Racism has already (always already) occupied this place. So the struggle is inside this place, to transform universalism, not to abandon it – I never said that – for this would amount to surrendering without combat."

[Leonardo]

Generalmente, los análisis provenientes de la Izquierda son los que insisten con más fuerza en que la génesis del Imperio activa las formas “malas” de gobierno. Ver, por ejemplo, Étienne Balibar, La crainte des masses (París: Galilée, 1997), libro que, entre otros aspectos, está extremadamente abierto a los análisis de los nuevos procesos de producción (masiva) de la subjetividad.

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