The Idea of Communism 3 keyword-ngos These desperate and bloody struggles

These desperate and bloody struggles were personified in the lives of Norman Bethune and others who volunteered in both conflicts

reshaping our current political and economic situation

Louis Althusser analyses the work of two of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment – Montesquieu and Rousseau

and African-Americans

known in the US as “social practice

The Idea of Communism 3 keyword-ngos These desperate and bloody strugglesIn 2009 Slavoj iek brought together an acclaimed group of intellectuals to discuss the continued relevance of communism. Unexpectedly the conference attracted an audience of over 1,000 people. The discussion has continued across the world and this book gathers responses from the conference in Seoul. It includes the interventions of regular contributors Alain Badiou and Slavoj iek, as well as work from across Asia, notably from Chinese scholar Wang