| The Party Without Bosses: Lessons on Anti-Capitalism from Félix Guattari and Luís Inácio 'lula' Da Silva Contributor(s): Genosko, Gary (Author) |
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ISBN: 1894037189 ISBN-13: 9781894037181 Publisher: Arp Books OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2003 Annotation: A decade before his death in 1992, French activist and radical psychoanalyst Felix Guattari visited Brazil and interviewed Lula (Luis Inacio Lula da Silva), trade unionist and leader of the new formed Brazilian Workers' Party (PT). This is the outcome of this summit of radicals. Their discussion addresed the decline of socialism in France, the importance and prospects of the Workers' Party, the history of counter-hegemonic and anti-military struggles in Brazil, the Brazilian Gdansk, and the originality of the PT. Includes a lengthy introduction by Gary Genosko, on Guattari's political theory in relation to the anti-globalization movement and the rethinking of empire, and commentary on the 2002 Brazilian election. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - History | Latin America - South America |
| Dewey: 981.063 |
| LCCN: 2004445370 |
| Series: Semaphore |
| Physical Information: 0.23" H x 5" W x 7.04" (0.22 lbs) 87 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The former metalworker and trade union leader L is In cio 'Lula' da Silva-known to everyone as Lula-was elected president of Brazil in late 2002 in his fourth attempt since founding the Workers' Party in 1980. The Party Without Bosses features a discussion between Lula and the psychoanalyst F lix Guattari that took place in the heady days after the birth of the Workers' Party. At the time, the optimism and radicalism of the 1970s in South America was beginning to fade in the face of Reaganism's gathering momentum, and the Left had entered a protracted period of frustration and defeat.The discussion is introduced by leading Guattari scholar Gary Genosko and in addition contains his lively diaristic essay on the 2002 campaign. |
Contributor Bio(s): Genosko, Gary: - Gary Genosko is an independent writer, editor and cultural critic. He is the author of McLuhan and Baudrillard: The Masters of Implosion (Routledge 1999), Undisciplined Theory (Sage 1998), and Baudrillard and Signs: Signification Ablaze (Routledge 1994); and the editor of The Guattari Reader (Blackwell 1996), among other works. He teaches social and political theory at Lakehead University, and has written extensively on the life and work of activist-intellectual Félix Guattari. |