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pertaining to or characteristic of the theories of Ferdinand de Saussure, especially the view that a language consists of a network of interrelated elements in contrast

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Derrida dismissed the Saussurean hypothesis that language is a stable ‘system of differences’, therewith marking one of the ways in which the transition from structuralism to poststructuralism was made.

—p.44 A Brief History of the ‘New Left’ (1956–77) (33) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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Derrida dismissed the Saussurean hypothesis that language is a stable ‘system of differences’, therewith marking one of the ways in which the transition from structuralism to poststructuralism was made.

—p.44 A Brief History of the ‘New Left’ (1956–77) (33) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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referring to the Situationist International, an org of social revolutionaries made up of avant-garde artists, intellectuals, and political theorists, prominent in Europe from 1957-1972; schools of thought: anti-authoritarian Marxism, Dadaism, Surrealism

48

These texts derived from Situationist circles, issuing from the crossing of a libertarian Marxism and the tradition of the French avant-gardes, Dadaist, Surrealist and Lettrist in particular.

—p.48 A Brief History of the ‘New Left’ (1956–77) (33) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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These texts derived from Situationist circles, issuing from the crossing of a libertarian Marxism and the tradition of the French avant-gardes, Dadaist, Surrealist and Lettrist in particular.

—p.48 A Brief History of the ‘New Left’ (1956–77) (33) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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(noun) image representation / (noun) an insubstantial form or semblance of something; trace (plural: simulacra)

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Our age is characterized by the proliferation of ‘simulacra’: a ‘replacement of reality by signs of reality’.

—p.58 Contemporary Critical Intellectuals: A Typology (51) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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Our age is characterized by the proliferation of ‘simulacra’: a ‘replacement of reality by signs of reality’.

—p.58 Contemporary Critical Intellectuals: A Typology (51) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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relating to or denoting the political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (noun or adj)

61

The question of who is a Marxist today is highly complex. It always has been, because this current has always been plural. [...] Moreover, all contemporary critical theories are, in a sense, ‘post-Marxist’. Marxism was so dominant in the twentieth century that no theory escaped its influence.

—p.61 Contemporary Critical Intellectuals: A Typology (51) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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The question of who is a Marxist today is highly complex. It always has been, because this current has always been plural. [...] Moreover, all contemporary critical theories are, in a sense, ‘post-Marxist’. Marxism was so dominant in the twentieth century that no theory escaped its influence.

—p.61 Contemporary Critical Intellectuals: A Typology (51) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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(adj) exhibiting different colors, especially as irregular patches or streaks

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Operaismo is a variegated tendency, the positions of whose main representatives have developed considerably over the years

—p.81 Michael Hardt and Toni Negri, or the ‘Joy of Being Communist’ (79) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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Operaismo is a variegated tendency, the positions of whose main representatives have developed considerably over the years

—p.81 Michael Hardt and Toni Negri, or the ‘Joy of Being Communist’ (79) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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workerism: a political theory that emphasizes the importance of, or glorifies, the working class

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Operaismo means ‘workerism’. In countries like France the term refers to the (over)valuation – not free of anti-intellectualism – of the industrial working class, its culture and organizations. In Italy its meaning is the converse.

—p.81 Michael Hardt and Toni Negri, or the ‘Joy of Being Communist’ (79) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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Operaismo means ‘workerism’. In countries like France the term refers to the (over)valuation – not free of anti-intellectualism – of the industrial working class, its culture and organizations. In Italy its meaning is the converse.

—p.81 Michael Hardt and Toni Negri, or the ‘Joy of Being Communist’ (79) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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biopolitics: a term defined by Foucault (though not first) as the style of government that regulates populations through "biopower" (the application and impact of political power on all aspects of human life)

85

a concept developed by Foucault – ‘biopower’ – which refers to the government of populations and bodies that Foucault believed had emerged in the nineteenth century

—p.85 Michael Hardt and Toni Negri, or the ‘Joy of Being Communist’ (79) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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a concept developed by Foucault – ‘biopower’ – which refers to the government of populations and bodies that Foucault believed had emerged in the nineteenth century

—p.85 Michael Hardt and Toni Negri, or the ‘Joy of Being Communist’ (79) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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(adjective) intricate / (noun) a mass of nerve cells and fibers situated primarily in the brain stem and functioning upon stimulation especially in arousal of the organism

87

By dint of their reticular, mobile character, transnationals therefore possess primacy in the context of Empire, reducing states to the rank of mere ‘instruments’.

—p.87 Michael Hardt and Toni Negri, or the ‘Joy of Being Communist’ (79) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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By dint of their reticular, mobile character, transnationals therefore possess primacy in the context of Empire, reducing states to the rank of mere ‘instruments’.

—p.87 Michael Hardt and Toni Negri, or the ‘Joy of Being Communist’ (79) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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(noun) rigor severity / (noun) roughness of surface; unevenness / (noun) a tiny projection from a surface / (noun) roughness of sound / (noun) roughness of manner or of temper; harshness

87

Empire is a ‘smooth space’, as Hardt and Negri put it with reference to a concept coined by Deleuze. It does not experience the ‘asperities’ that are the borders or political and/or economic inequalities characteristic of the national ancien régime.

—p.87 Michael Hardt and Toni Negri, or the ‘Joy of Being Communist’ (79) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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Empire is a ‘smooth space’, as Hardt and Negri put it with reference to a concept coined by Deleuze. It does not experience the ‘asperities’ that are the borders or political and/or economic inequalities characteristic of the national ancien régime.

—p.87 Michael Hardt and Toni Negri, or the ‘Joy of Being Communist’ (79) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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(noun) the Marxist theory of history and society that holds that ideas and social institutions develop only as the superstructure of a material economic base

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In addition, his historical materialism – like all materialisms – assigns primacy to ‘production’. From this standpoint the international system is regarded as influenced by the ‘mode of production’ that obtains in the given epoch.

on Cox

—p.101 The Revival of Theories of Imperialism (94) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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In addition, his historical materialism – like all materialisms – assigns primacy to ‘production’. From this standpoint the international system is regarded as influenced by the ‘mode of production’ that obtains in the given epoch.

on Cox

—p.101 The Revival of Theories of Imperialism (94) by Gregory Elliott, Razmig Keucheyan
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