{"product_id":"revolution-at-the-gates-v-i-lenin-9781859845462","title":"Revolution at the Gates: Zizek on Lenin: The 1917 Writings","description":"The idea of a Lenin renaissance might well provoke an outburst of sarcastic laughter. Marx is OK, but Lenin? Doesn't he stand for the big catastrophe which left its mark on the entire twentieth-century? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLenin, however, deserves wider consideration than this, and his writings of 1917 are testament to a formidable political figure. They reveal his ability to grasp the significance of an extraordinary moment in history. Everything is here, from Lenin-the-ingenious-revolutionary-strategist to Lenin-of-the-enacted-utopia. To use Kierkegaard's phrase, what we can glimpse in these writings is Lenin-in-becoming: not yet Lenin-the-Soviet-institution, but Lenin thrown into an open, contingent situation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRevolution at the Gates\u003c\/i\u003e, Slavoj Žižek locates the 1917 writings in their historical context, while his afterword tackles the key question of whether Lenin can be reinvented in our era of \"cultural capitalism.\" Žižek is convinced that, whatever the discussion--the forthcoming crisis of capitalism, the possibility of a redemptive violence, the falsity of liberal tolerance--Lenin's time has come again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e V. I. Lenin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1859845460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781859845462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.16h x 5.94w x 1.05d","brand":"V. I. Lenin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984427385087,"sku":"9781859845462","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8c948422-840f-48ad-b3a0-6a5403b47df0.jpg?v=1683272252","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/revolution-at-the-gates-v-i-lenin-9781859845462","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}