{"product_id":"the-future-of-revolution-communist-prospects-from-the-paris-commune-to-the-george-floyd-uprising-hardcover","title":"The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJasper Bernes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow might a twenty-first-century revolution against class society succeed?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCommunism comes from the future, but its hopes haunt our past. Reading revolutionary history from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising by the light of communist theory, from Marx to C. L. R. James, \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the possibilities for overcoming class society in the twenty-first century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Marx wrote that the Paris Commune of 1871 showed that \"the working class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made state machinery, and wield it for its own purposes,\" he identified a principle that will remain true as long as capitalism and its class antagonism persist. Historical revolutions reveal essential features of our communist horizon, which would-be revolutionaries, then as now, must negotiate one way or another. In chapters that move from a critical history of the workers' council to a reading of Marx's theory of value as an inverted description of communism, Jasper Bernes synthesizes from a history of failure the key criteria for success. He defines for our present moment the urgent mission of the world proletariat.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJasper Bernes\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Oakland and teaches in the English Department at the University of California, Berkeley. A regular contributor to the Field Notes section of the \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Rail, \u003c\/i\u003e he is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Art in the Age of Deindustrialization\u003c\/i\u003e and two books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eWe Are Nothing and So Can You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStarsdown\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756888678733,"sku":"9781788737531","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/R1aAHpnMzB9781788737531.webp?v=1776754731","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-future-of-revolution-communist-prospects-from-the-paris-commune-to-the-george-floyd-uprising-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}