The Spirit Of Revolution - Beyond The Dead Ends Ofman

In recent years, feminist and queer theory have effectively disavowed both i??the humani?? and revolutionary politics. In the face of massive geopolitical crisis, posthumanists have called for us to fundamentally reconsider the superiority and centrality of mankind and i??the humani??, and question how Man can presume to change the world by revolutionary action, particularly when Marxi??s dreams seem to have been swept into the dustbin of history.

This provocative book reaffirms what is most basic in feminism - the attack on the i??universalityi?? and sovereignty of Man - but contends that the only way this can mean anything other than pessimistic rhetoric is to embrace human agency and the struggle against colonialism and capitalism. In a series of i??creolizedi?? readings - Foucault with Ali Sharii??ati, Lacan with Fanon, and Spinoza with Sylvia Wynter - the authors demonstrate what is at stake in the ongoing debate between humanism and posthumanism, putting this debate in the context of contemporary global crises and the possibilities of revolution.

In its defense of i??political spirituality,i?? this book pushes for a new trajectory in response to the gross inequalities of today, one that offers us a very different view of revolution and its present-day potential.

Drucilla Cornell is Professor of Political Science, Women's Studies, and Comparative Literature at Rutgers University.

Stephen D. Seely is a PhD candidate in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University