CROWDS AND PARTY

Crowds and Party extends the energies of the riotous crowds of the last five years into an argument for the political party. Rejecti ng emphases on individuals and multitudes, Jodi Dean argues that we rethink the collective subject of politics. When crowds appear i n spaces unauthorized by capital and the state, such as in the Occupy movement in New York, London and across the world, they create a gap of possibility. But too many on the left remain stuck in this beautiful moment of possibilitythey argue for more of the same fragment...[Read more]