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Radical Social Change in the United States, Badiou's Apostle and the Post-Factual Moment, by Joanna Swanger

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Radical Social Change in the United States, Badiou's Apostle and the Post-Factual Moment, by Joanna Swanger

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Radical Social Change in the United States

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

962840153

Responsibility statement

by Joanna Swanger

Series statement

Springer eBooks

Sub title

Badiou's Apostle and the Post-Factual Moment

Summary

This book tackles the question of why the United States is so resistant to radical change towards economic justice and peace. Taking full stock of the despair that launched the popular support for Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, Swanger historicizes the political paralysis of post-1974 United States that deepened already severe economic inequalities, asking how the terrain for social movements in the early twenty-first-century US differs from that of the 1960s. This terrain is marked by the entrenchment of neoliberalism, anti-intellectualism, and difficulties paradoxically posed by the ease of social media. Activists now must contend with a paralyzing “post-factual” moment. Alain Badiou’s thought informs this book on breaking through contemporary political paralysis.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Paul: Patron Saint of the Post-Factual -- The Lure of the Ancient Regime -- Nothing But The Truth -- Nothing Cures Malaise Quite Like Torture -- To Have Seen Too Much: The 1960s and the Turning of the Camera -- Now What?

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