Endnotes 3: Gender, Race, Class and Other Misfortunes

by Endnotes Collective

The newest installment in this UK journal features articles on: Arab Spring; indignados; Occupy; England riots; austerity and anti-austerity; the logic of gender; class identity; Jasper Bernes on logistics, counterlogistics and the communist prospect; Chris Chen on race, and redefining central concepts of revolutionary theory—spontaneity, mediation, rupture.

Genres: Politics, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Journal, Economics, Theory

248 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[An · Rating 4 out of 5]

M'ha encantat el text 'the logic of gender', suuuuper recomenable.
Però potser hauria d'haver començat a llegir endnotes pel número 1 i no el 3.

[Iñigo · Rating 3 out of 5]

(He leído la edición en castellano de Ediciones Extáticas)

Me ha gustado mucho este tercer volumen sobre las teorías de la comunización, aunque honestamente me esperaba una exposición algo más sistematizada del género y la raza. Aunque se presentan debates muy desarrollados, no puedo evitar quedarme con la sensación de que ventila definiciones cruciales en un par de párrafos para seguir adelante con la exposición de su posición en el debate.

Una pena, aunque probablemente esto sea mas un problema mío que del texto. En cualquier caso es una lectura muy recomendable, especialmente si uno ya ha leído bastante de marxismo.

[Pablo Ignacio · Rating 5 out of 5]

wow. Buenísima traducción al castellano por parte de los compañeros de Ediciones Extáticas. Y del Journal que decir, seguramente el mejor número que han hecho!

9/10

[Uriah Todoroff]

good stuff! listen to the pod: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

[Ale García · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sin más...

[Àlex HuGa · Rating 5 out of 5]

La lógica del género… MI TODO soy otra persona desde entonces

[yarrow · Rating 4 out of 5]

This issue of "Endnotes" is a welcomed reprieve from the direction that I thought the journal was going in after the second. The editors clearly wanted to make this issue relevant to contemporary theoretical debates and struggles, and the effort shows. I would need to re-read certain aspects in order to comment on some of the pieces that I didn't really retain, but I can say with certainty that Jasper's piece on Logistics is very worthwhile, not necessarily for its strategic proposals, but more for his theoretical endeavor to correct the fallacy held by almost all Marxists that technological advancement is neutral and is building the preconditions for communism. Chris Chen's piece demonstrates a rigorous attempt to think race in a theoretical milieu that has all but ignored its existence until last year. I've probably read "the Logic of Gender" half a dozen times, and while I have gotten a lot out of my engagement with it, I think it is wrong on several points -- mostly having to do with its unwillingness to conceive of gender that doesn't fit neatly into its particular periodization of capitalism, and also the lack of theory around sexual violence and the factors of sexuality, heteronormativity, and kinship structures that it brushes aside in an addendum to a footnote.

[xDEAD ENDx · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this issue of Endnotes. I was a little worried because I found myself being bored/lost at some points in Endnotes 2, but almost all the pieces here felt relevant.

The best piece, by far, is "Spontaneity, Mediation, Rupture," and echoes a number of things I have been thinking recently with relation to how we just keep doing (actions, demos, strikes, whatever, etc.) because there is always the possibility that it will create the rupture/insurrection/revolution.

I also really liked "Logistics, Counterlogistics, and the Communist Prospect" for how it actually talked about tactical maneuvers that may be useful.

"A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats" didn't seem to have much payoff for the length. I appreciated the detailed description of the recent riots in England, but I found something in the analysis lacking (I can't quite put my finger on it right now...). While I paid attention to the actions in England, I never fully comprehended what was occurring, and this piece helped put some of that into perspective.

Overall pretty good, and I look forward to Endnotes 4.

[Sandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this and wish my communist friends would get around to reading it so I can discuss it in more detail. It's at its best when its engaging with specific events i.e. in the discussion of recent British riots, which - as an outsider - seems very grounded, nuanced, and convincing. Chris Chen's article about "race" (quotation marks his) and communism poses its questions in a really smart way even if it can only sort of adumbrate its answers. The gender piece seems by far the weakest in that I can't follow the argument at all (although this goes for essentially all the commentaries on gender from the communisation current). There are reflections throughout (esp in the logistics and spontaneity pieces) on issues of tactics and strategy that you may or may not find interesting or useful but, I think again, at least frame the questions in a useful way.

[Rui Coelho · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another interesting collection of essays with some relevant concepts, but ultimately underwhelming.

[José · Rating 3 out of 5]

menos consistente que el primero pero los textos sobre género y racismo son crema