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nationalism is neither accidental nor provisional

[...] the defeats suffered by internationalism at the hands of nationalism during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and, in particular, the fact that all socialist experiments have had no choice but to cast themselves in the mould of nation-states, are not accidental. They were inevitable for…

—p.116 Left Hemisphere: Mapping Contemporary Theory The Nation-State: Persistence or Transcendence? (108) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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Benedict Anderson's print capitalism

According to Anderson, nationalism cannot be understood if we do not appreciate that its emergence coincides with the large-scale diffusion of printing. In the eighteenth century, what he calls ‘print capitalism’ gradually emerged. From this period onwards, printing became a lucrative activity that…

—p.111 The Nation-State: Persistence or Transcendence? (108) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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anti-power

[...] developed by the Mexico-based Scottish philosopher John Holloway in his book Change the World without Taking Power, published in 2002. The basic idea underlying theories of anti-power is that the transformation of society by the seizure of state power on ‘Leninist’ lines is an illusion, whi…

—p.71 Contemporary Critical Intellectuals: A Typology (51) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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secondary fronts

[...] the concept of exploitation was fundamental. Exploitation is the extraction of surplus-value – that is, the portion of labour performed by wage-labourers for which they are not remunerated by capitalists. It is an economic concept, even if its consequences extend far beyond this sphere as tra…

—p.36 A Brief History of the ‘New Left’ (1956–77) (33) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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how it is possible to continue believing

[...] These theological figures raise the question of how it is possible to continue believing or hoping when everything seems to run counter to belief, when circumstances are radically hostile to it. It is only natural that critical thinkers should feel the need to offer an answer to it. Experimen…

—p.30 The Defeat of Critical Thinking (1977–93) (7) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan