{"product_id":"the-future-of-revolution-jasper-bernes-9781788737531","title":"The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow might a 21st-century revolution against class society succeed? A history of uprising from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd protests show how we build a communist future\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Future of Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is a forceful critique of authoritarian perspectives on how revolution unfolds. Developing instead an alternative account of \"revolutionary motives,\" it forcefully argues that we treat as decisive not the ideas of leaders or intellectuals but the motivated action of self-organized partisans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn overturning the left's longstanding ideas about why the dispossessed revolt, movement-veteran Bernes develops an account of how a twenty-first-century revolution might succeed or fail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf each era produces its own distinct vision of revolution, from the agrarian utopias of the Diggers to twentieth-century dreamworlds of cybernetic planning and full automation, then \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e tries to trace the outlines of what a rupture fit for our 21st century of low-growth capitalism and cascading ecological collapse might look like. As global reorganization of both capital and labor has nullified older conceptions of the revolution it has introduced new horizons and new prospects. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Bernes, within the actions and experiences of riots, rebellions, and recent social movements, there are vitally important intuitions and capitalism and its restructuring. Premised on direct, contemporary experience, they often contain insights that many contemporary theoreticians have overlooked. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough riveting accounts of contemporary class struggle, \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e throws off the commonplace ideas about politics that obscure our understanding of the present world, as well as the one to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jasper Bernes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1788737539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788737531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Jasper Bernes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46052518199551,"sku":"9781788737531","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3d25d558-5aaa-42a8-b44a-858f4847a975.jpg?v=1723556616","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-future-of-revolution-jasper-bernes-9781788737531","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}