| Class Contributor(s): Cavalletti, Andrea (Author), Fiaccadori, Elisa (Translator), Toscano, Alberto (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0857424378 ISBN-13: 9780857424372 Publisher: Seagull Books OUR PRICE: $19.95 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Italian - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 305.5 |
| Series: Italian List |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.2" W x 8.6" (0.75 lbs) 136 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1936, Walter Benjamin defined the revolutionary class as being in opposition to a dense and dangerous crowd, prone to fear of the foreign, and under the spell of anti-Semitic madness. Today, in formations great or small, that sad figure returns--the hatred of minorities is rekindled and the pied-pipers of the crowd stand triumphant. Class, by Andrea Cavalletti, is a striking montage of diverse materials--Marx and Jules Verne, Benjamin and Gabriel Tarde. In it, Cavalletti asks whether the untimely concept of class is once again thinkable. Faced with new pogroms and state racism, he challenges us to imagine a movement that would unsettle and eventually destroy the crowd. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fiaccadori, Elisa: - Elisa Fiaccadori is an independent researcher and translator.Toscano, Alberto: - Alberto Toscano teaches in the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is the author of Fanaticism and The Theatre of Production and the translator of several books by Alain Badiou.Cavalletti, Andrea: - Andrea Cavalletti is professor of aesthetics and contemporary literature at the IUAV University of Venice. He is the author of Suggestion and The Biopolitical City. |
