{"product_id":"the-communist-postscript-isbn-9781844674329","title":"The Communist Postscript","description":"\u003cb\u003eA provocative essay on the relationship between communism, philosophy and language.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince Plato, philosophers have dreamed of establishing a rational state ruled through the power of language. In this radical and disturbing account of Soviet philosophy, Boris Groys argues that communism shares that dream and is best understood as an attempt to replace financial with linguistic bonds as the cement uniting society. The transformative power of language, the medium of equality, is the key to any new communist revolution.“One of the most astute commentators on the art scene today.”—\u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Groys combines revelatory analysis with philosophical questions that go to the heart of cultural production today.”—Iwona Blazwick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A timely intervention in present debates about the legacy of communism [and] a provocative addition to Groys’ brilliantly paradoxical body of work.”—\u003ci\u003eArt Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Groys has claimed a defining role in the reception of the Russian avant-garde ... \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Postscript\u003c\/i\u003e presents Groys’s attempt to advocate the communist idea against its own historic assumptions.”—\u003ci\u003eRadical Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoris Groys\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU. He has published numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eOn the New\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Antiphilosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Total Art of Stalinism\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Postscript\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304981975269,"sku":"NP9781844674329","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781844674329.jpg?v=1767738764","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-communist-postscript-isbn-9781844674329","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}