Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
143
Language
English
Published
Sep 30, 2014
Publisher
Verso
ISBN-10
1784780308
ISBN-13
9781784780302
Description
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.
Genres
Philosophy