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OverviewAs we face new and debilitating catastrophes caused by capitalism and nation-state politics, Saladdin Ahmed argues that our only hope is to create space for a new world by negating the existing order. To achieve this new society, Revolutionary Hope After Nihilism outlines a practical philosophy of change that rejects ideologies of false hope and passive hopelessness. Drawing public attention to the decisiveness of the present historical moment, Ahmed introduces a critical theory of social emancipation based on post-Soviet revolutionary movements that have emerged at the margins of the global social order. The rise of socially and politically exclusionary movements in multiple parts of the world, ongoing ecological crisis, anti-Black racism, and the concretization of despair brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic demand a new approach to revolution, which Ahmed argues, must be rooted in the experiences of the most oppressed in society. Realizing the epistemological potential of emancipatory movements, Ahmed rejects dystopian nihilism and positions our focus on marginalized spaces to break out of capitalist totalitarianism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Saladdin AhmedPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic ISBN: 9781350269293ISBN 10: 1350269298 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 25 August 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsIn this challenging and courageous book, Saladdin Ahmed thinks through the terms and textures of 'negation'. He acutely interrogates thereby collective contemporary crises, global and planetary. Via a reinvigorated post-nihilism, the work articulates formations of critical solidarity with marginal subjects while unframing fascism as an 'ideology form'. Such formidable conviction is rare in our present. * Saurabh Dube, Distinguished Professor-Researcher in the Centre of Asian and African Studies, The College of Mexico, Mexico * Author InformationSaladdin Ahmed is a critical theorist and philosopher, teaching political theory and international relations at Union College, Schenectady, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |