Militant acts : the role of investigations in radical political struggles / Marcelo Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Marcelo, author.

Series:

SUNY series in new political science.

SUNY series in new political science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radicalism--History.

Radicalism.

Social sciences--Research--Political aspects.

Social sciences.

Communism--Public opinion.

Communism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages).

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2019.

Summary:

Militant Acts presents a broad history of the concept and practice of investigations in radical political struggles from the nineteenth century to the present. Radicals launched investigations into the conditions and struggles of the oppressed and exploited to stimulate their political mobilization and organization. These investigations assumed a variety of methodological forms in a wide range of geographical and institutional contexts, and they also drew support from the participation of intellectuals such as Marx, Lenin, Mao, Dunayevskaya, Foucault, and Badiou. Marcelo Hoffman analyzes newspapers, pamphlets, reports, and other source materials, which reveal the diverse histories, underappreciated difficulties, and theoretical import of investigations in radical political struggles. In so doing, he challenges readers to rethink the supposed failure of these investigations and concludes that the value of investigations in radical political struggles ultimately resides in the possibility of producing a new political "we."

Contents:

Sources of the militant investigation in Marxism : Marx, Lenin, and Mao

Workers inquiries from breakaway Trotskyism to Italian workerism

Badiou, the Maoist investigation, and the party form

In the shadow of Oedipus : enquêtes in Foucault's theory and practice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438472638

1438472633