What Is to Be Done?: A Dialogue on Communism, Capitalism, and the Future of Democracy

by Alain Badiou and Marcel Gauchet

Book Overview

The fall of the Berlin wall was seen by many as the final triumph of liberal democracy over communism. But now, in the wake of the great financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath, things look a little different. New questions are arising about capitalism and democracy, new social movements are challenging established institutions and new political possibilities are emerging. Is democracy an inevitable hostage of capitalism, or can it reinvent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509501703
• ISBN13: 9781509501700
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"