By Bernard E. Harcourt The “Idea of Communism”: The place to start Praxis 8/13, naturally, is to underscore the distinctly Platonic resonance of the expression itself and of our object of study. To discuss the “Idea of Communism”—with a capital… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt A young philosopher standing in the back of the auditorium asked perhaps the most challenging question at the Praxis 7/13 seminar dedicated to the yellow vest movement. He was, not surprisingly perhaps, the only person in… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt On Saturday, January 12, 2019, yellow vest protesters demonstrated in cities across France—from Paris to Bourges, Bordeaux, and Toulouse—in what they called “Act IX” of the yellow vest movement. According to the official count by the… Continue Reading
Articles Pierre Khalfa, “Gilets jaunes, réflexions sur le moment actuel,” Médiapart, 19 décembre 2019. Dossier GEG Le Grand Continent “Nous avons rencontré les gilets jaunes,” 14 décembre 2018 “Marketing cinq étoiles,” 8 janvier 2019 “La chute de l’ordre dominant,” 20 décembre… Continue Reading
By Antonio Negri Published at Verso on December 8, 2018; original Italian version here. Let’s reflect on the goings on in France of these last few weeks. Can we call this an insurrection? The answer – of course – depends… Continue Reading
By Toni Negri Published in Italian in EuroNomade on December 21, 2018 Non so se sabato prossimo 23 dicembre ci sarà una nuova manifestazione parigina; nell’ultima di sabato 15 si son visti più poliziotti (8000) che gilets jaunes. Inoltre, per… Continue Reading
By Antonio Negri Published in Italian with English translation at EuroNomade on January 5, 2019 New Year’s Eve on the Avenue des Champs Elysées. A journalist from Le Monde tells us: there are so many people here, including some Gilet… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt “The hypothesis [of this book] is that we can understand nothing about the politics of the last 50 years if we do not put the question of climate change and its denial front and center. Without… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt I was struck, in preparing the seminar on the Frankfurt School and praxis, to reread Herbert Marcuse’s 1972 book, Counterrevolution and Revolt, and to be reminded, once again, of how prescient Marcuse was regarding our present… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt The student revolts of the late 1960s and 1970s brought the tension between theory and practice to a head within the Frankfurt School. Two starkly opposed positions emerged, represented on the one hand by Herbert Marcuse… Continue Reading