Borrowing practices in modern revolution-making: from Marx’s The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte to Rancière’s The Names of History
Marx’s The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte has served as a locus classicus for postmodern interpretations of Marxism’s contemporary legacy and relevancy due to its thematisation of the performative, imaginary, psychological and linguistic aspects of revolutionary politics. This work has been...
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| description | Marx’s The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte has served as a locus classicus for postmodern interpretations of Marxism’s contemporary legacy and relevancy due to its thematisation of the performative, imaginary, psychological and linguistic aspects of revolutionary politics. This work has been used to redeem and rethink Marxian revolutionary politics along postmodern lines beyond its orthodox varieties, positioning Marx as an important forerunner of contemporary “post-Marxian” radical philosophy. I here argue that Jacques Rancière should feature prominently in this scholarship on the so-called postmodern Marx. Although having first offered a scathing reading of The Eighteenth Brumaire in The Philosopher and His Poor (1983), I demonstrate how Rancière offers a more affirmative yet implicit interpretation in The Names of History (1992). By determining the nature, value and potential of Rancière’s poststructuralist reworking of central themes from The Eighteenth Brumaire, I aim to deepen understanding of radical politics’s performative and affective aspects.
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| spelling | doaj.art-68a910da5c7f434f8e19eeef095326c02024-03-13T11:03:31ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Academica0587-24052415-04792023-12-0155210.38140/aa.v55i2.7731Borrowing practices in modern revolution-making: from Marx’s The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte to Rancière’s The Names of HistoryMatthias Pauwels0North-West UniversityMarx’s The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte has served as a locus classicus for postmodern interpretations of Marxism’s contemporary legacy and relevancy due to its thematisation of the performative, imaginary, psychological and linguistic aspects of revolutionary politics. This work has been used to redeem and rethink Marxian revolutionary politics along postmodern lines beyond its orthodox varieties, positioning Marx as an important forerunner of contemporary “post-Marxian” radical philosophy. I here argue that Jacques Rancière should feature prominently in this scholarship on the so-called postmodern Marx. Although having first offered a scathing reading of The Eighteenth Brumaire in The Philosopher and His Poor (1983), I demonstrate how Rancière offers a more affirmative yet implicit interpretation in The Names of History (1992). By determining the nature, value and potential of Rancière’s poststructuralist reworking of central themes from The Eighteenth Brumaire, I aim to deepen understanding of radical politics’s performative and affective aspects. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aa/article/view/7731Karl MarxJacques RancièreThe Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparteperformative politics |
| spellingShingle | Matthias Pauwels Borrowing practices in modern revolution-making: from Marx’s The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte to Rancière’s The Names of History Acta Academica Karl Marx Jacques Rancière The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte performative politics |
| title | Borrowing practices in modern revolution-making: from Marx’s The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte to Rancière’s The Names of History |
| title_full | Borrowing practices in modern revolution-making: from Marx’s The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte to Rancière’s The Names of History |
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| title_short | Borrowing practices in modern revolution-making: from Marx’s The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte to Rancière’s The Names of History |
| title_sort | borrowing practices in modern revolution making from marx s the eighteenth brumaire of louis bonaparte to ranciere s the names of history |
| topic | Karl Marx Jacques Rancière The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte performative politics |
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