One of the most astute commentators on the art scene today.

New Left Review

Groys combines revelatory analysis with philosophical questions that go to the heart of cultural production today.

- Iwona Blazwick,

A timely intervention in present debates about the legacy of communism [and] a provocative addition to Groys' brilliantly paradoxical body of work.

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Groys has claimed a defining role in the reception of the Russian avant-garde ... <i>The Communist Postscript</i> presents Groys's attempt to advocate the communist idea against its own historic assumptions.

Radical Philosophy

Since 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.
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A provocative essay on the relationship between communism, philosophy and language
"One of the most astute commentators on the art scene today." - New Left Review

Product details

ISBN
9781844674329
Published
2022-08-23
Publisher
Verso Books
Weight
108 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Thickness
9 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
128

Author
Translated by

Biographical note

Boris Groys is Professor of Aesthetics, Art History and Media Theory at the Center for Art and Media Technology in Karlsruhe and, since 2005, the Global Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU. He has published numerous books, including On the New, Introduction to Antiphilosophy, The Total Art of Stalinism, and In the Flow.