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""This thought-provoking work analyzes concrete political events and reinterprets key concepts in modern political science. Building on the works of Kant, Badiou, Adorno, Hegel, and more, it posits that the dynamics of revolution can be encapsulated in the concept of negation, since a revolution essentially negates "what is" by rejecting the power in place. The work argues that revolution is the true ground of Western democracy and that the proof of a true democracy is the activity of protest movements. It discusses how modern philosophy conceives political truth as revolutionary or eventful, and that one aspect of revolution is negativity, which fluctuates between inertia and melancholia. It examines the problem of revolution in the context of modern philosophy, providing a diagnosis of the historical developments since the fall of the Soviet Union to the Arab Spring, setting forth an original theory of revolution while shedding light on the notion of negativity in contemporary thought. This innovative work will appeal to anyone interested in political theory and political philosophy"."
"This thesis suggests a reconstruction of the concept of revolution from the point of view of the new historical experience, that of post-communist Russia of 1990s. The common traits between post-communist Russia and the French revolution (1789-1799) let me show that the concept of revolution builds upon the paradoxical logic of negation. This logic penetrates the whole philosophical tradition of thinking the revolution. I give special atttention, in this context, to the two texts by Immanuel Kant that are dedicated to the French revolution : The Conflict of Faculties and the Metaphysics of morals, II. I show that negation, as a symbolic operation, is never successful, that its impossible object is ultimate destruction. Negation is easily obliterated, and always includes a latent moment in it. The logic of negation helps understanding the autodestructive history of revolution. It also allows reading Kant's reaction tho the French revolution . In these texts, Kant shows how the revolutionary task of the auto-foundation of the subject implicates the parallel project of his/her auto-destruction. Both projects remain unaccomplished, but the unaccomplished event inscribes itself in history, as a latent but irreversible fact. The revolution becomes a quasi-foundation of the subject who repeatedly returns to te place of his/her failure, to the place of his/her auto-foundation, returns just to recoil again in horror. The concept of revolution is essential to the understanding of the present political situation in the world, since it refers the predominant "democratic" political subjectivity, which remains imaginary, to its historical actuality that is the unconscious revolutionary event, the event where the inaccomplished negativity has been erupting."
""This thought-provoking work analyzes concrete political events and reinterprets key concepts in modern political science. Building on the works of Kant, Badiou, Adorno, Hegel, and more, it posits that the dynamics of revolution can be encapsulated in the concept of negation, since a revolution essentially negates "what is" by rejecting the power in place. The work argues that revolution is the true ground of Western democracy and that the proof of a true democracy is the activity of protest movements. It discusses how modern philosophy conceives political truth as revolutionary or eventful, and that one aspect of revolution is negativity, which fluctuates between inertia and melancholia. It examines the problem of revolution in the context of modern philosophy, providing a diagnosis of the historical developments since the fall of the Soviet Union to the Arab Spring, setting forth an original theory of revolution while shedding light on the notion of negativity in contemporary thought. This innovative work will appeal to anyone interested in political theory and political philosophy"--"@en
""This thought-provoking work analyzes concrete political events and reinterprets key concepts in modern political science. Building on the works of Kant, Badiou, Adorno, Hegel, and more, it posits that the dynamics of revolution can be encapsulated in the concept of negation, since a revolution essentially negates "what is" by rejecting the power in place. The work argues that revolution is the true ground of Western democracy and that the proof of a true democracy is the activity of protest movements. It discusses how modern philosophy conceives political truth as revolutionary or eventful, and that one aspect of revolution is negativity, which fluctuates between inertia and melancholia. It examines the problem of revolution in the context of modern philosophy, providing a diagnosis of the historical developments since the fall of the Soviet Union to the Arab Spring, setting forth an original theory of revolution while shedding light on the notion of negativity in contemporary thought. This innovative work will appeal to anyone interested in political theory and political philosophy"--"
"Les évènements des années 1980-90 qui ont mis fin à l'Union soviétique et au rideau de fer furent d'après l'auteur une "révolution négative". Cette révolution n'a pas laissé un produit déterminé, mais elle a produit un bouleversement historique à la fois profond et inconscient. Elle fut une reprise et une suite de la tendance magistrale de la Révolution moderne : l'intériorisation du monde ou l'intériorisation de la négativité par le monde."
"La thèse propose une reconstruction du concept de révolution, à partir de la nouvelle expérience historique, celle de Russie dans les années 1990. Les traits communs entre la Russie des années 1990 et la Révolution française de 1789-1799 permettent de distinguer la logique paradoxale de la négation en tant que matrice du concept de révolution. Cette logique traverse toute la tradition philosophique de l'interprétation de la révolution. Une attention particulière, dans ce contexte, est prêtée à deux textes d'Emmanuel Kant : Le Conflit des facultés et Métaphysique des moeurs, II. Je montre que la négation, en tant qu'opération symbolique, ne s'achève jamais, et qu'elle vise l'impossible. Elle se dispose à l'oblitération et comporte toujours un aspect latent. La logique de la négation permet de comprendre l'histoire auto-destructrice de la révolution aussi que les textes de Kant qui sont consacrés à la Révolution française. Dans ces textes, Kant montre comment la tâche révolutionnaire de l'auto-fondation du sujet implique le projet de son auto-destruction. Les deux projets doivent rester inachevés. La révolution devient une quasi-fondation d'un sujet qui se retourne sans cesse au lieu de son échec, au lieu de son auto-fondation suicidaire auquel il garde un rapport ambivalent. Le concept de la révolution est essentiel pour la compréhension de la situation actuelle dans le monde, parce qu'il renvoie la subjectivité politique "démocratique", qui reste imaginaire, à sa réalité historique qui est l'évènement inconscient, l'évènement de l'irruption de la négativité inachevée."
"This thought-provoking work analyzes concrete political events and reinterprets key concepts in modern political science. Building on the works of Kant, Badiou, Adorno, Hegel, and more, it posits that the dynamics of revolution can be encapsulated in the concept of negation, since a revolution essentially negates ""what is"" by rejecting the power in place. The work argues that revolution is the true ground of Western democracy and that the proof of a true democracy is the activity of protest movements. It discusses how modern philosophy conceives political truth as revolutionary or eventful,"

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"La révolution négative : déconstruction du sujet politique"
"Negative revolution Modern political subject and its fate after the Cold War"
"LA RÉVOLUTION NÉGATIVE - Déconstruction du sujet politique"
"La Révolution négative déconstruction du sujet politique"
"La Révolution"
"Negative revolution : Modern political subject and its fate after the Cold War"
"Negative revolution : modern political subject and its fate after the Cold War"
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"The negative revolution : modern political subject and its fate after the Cold War"
"The negative revolution : political subjectivity after the end of the Cold War"

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