"One of the rising stars of contemporary critical theory, Bruno Bosteels discusses the new currents of thought generated by figures such as Alain Badiou, Jacques Rancière and Slavoj Zizek, theorists spearheading the revival of interest in communism. Bosteels discovers a vital br…
In this new title in Verso's Pocket Communism series, Jodi Dean unshackles the communist ideal from the failures of the Soviet Union. In an age when the malfeasance of international banking has alerted exploited populations the world over to the unsustainability of an economic s…
"Focusing on Soviet culture and its social ramifications both during the Soviet period and in the post-Soviet era, this book addresses important themes associated with Sovietisation and socialisation in the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan…
A rich, historically grounded exploration of why theater and performance matter in the modern world.
This work tells a new story about modern theatre: the story of a romantic attachment to theatre's potential to produce surprising experiences of human community. It begins with one of the first great plays of modern European theatre - Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' in Moscow - and then…
Eurocommunism between East and West
by Aspaturian, Vernon V., Valenta, Jiri, Burke, David P.
Recounts the disorder in Europe after World War II, describing the brutal acts against Germans and collaborators, the anti-Semitic beliefs that reemerged, and the Allied-tolerated expulsions of citizens from their ancestral homelands.
Recounts the disorder in Europe after World War II, describing the brutal acts against Germans and collaborators, the anti-Semitic beliefs that reemerged, and the Allied-tolerated expulsions of citizens from their ancestral homelands.
Die kommunistischen Bewegungen und Staatsgründungen im 20. Jahrhundert, ihre ursprüngliche Dynamik und ihr rascher Zerfall, stellen sich als eines der schwierigsten Kapitel dieses "Jahrhunderts der Extreme" (Eric Hobsbawm) dar. Gerd Koenen versteht den Kommunismus als ein konsti…
