What Is To Be Done?: A Dialogue on Communism, Capitalism, and the Future of Democracy

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Alain Badiou (l'Ecole normale superieure) Marcel Gauchet

What Is To Be Done?

A Dialogue on Communism, Capitalism, and the Future of Democracy

Alain Badiou (l'Ecole normale superieure), Marcel Gauchet, Susan Spitzer

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English

Polity Press
04 December 2015

Philosophy; Social & political philosophy; Marxism & Communism

The fall of the Berlin wall was seen by many as the final triumph of liberal democracy over communism. But now, in the wake of the great financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath, things look a little different. New questions are arising about capitalism and democracy, new social movements are challenging established institutions and new political possibilities are emerging. Is democracy an inevitable hostage of capitalism, or can it reinvent itself to meet the challenge of globalization?

In an exclusive, previously unpublished dialogue, Alain Badiou, a key figure of the radical left and a leading advocate of the communist idea, and Marcel Gauchet, a major exponent of anti-totalitarianism and a champion of liberal democracy, confront one another. Together, they take stock of history, interrogate one another�s views and defend their respective projects: on the one side, the revival of �the communist hypothesis,� and on the other, the radical reform of a contested democratic model.

By: Alain Badiou (l'Ecole normale superieure), Marcel Gauchet
Translated by: Susan Spitzer
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9781509501717
ISBN 10: 1509501711
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 04 December 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword: The Future of an Alternative, by Martin Duru and Martin Legros 1. The encounter with communism 2. From Marx to Lenin 3. Totalitarianism 4. The return of the communist hypothesis? 5. What is the meaning of the crisis? 6. The end of imperial logic, or the continuation? 7. The deconstruction of capitalism 8. Why we�re not finished with politics Conclusion: In search of a lost deal? Appendix

Alain Badiou is a writer, philosopher and an Emeritus Professor at the Ecole normale superieure, Paris. Marcel Gauchet is an historian, philosopher and Director of Studies at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales, Paris.