It is a philosophical statement that addresses the growing number of those - in France, in the United States, and elsewhere - who refuse the idea that theory, politics, and life are separate realms. A call to arms by a group of French intellectuals that rej. Hot-wired to the movement of '77 in Italy, its preferred historical reference point, The Coming Insurrection formulates an ethics that takes as its starting point theft, sabotage, the refusal to work, and the elaboration of collective, self-organized forms-of-life. Read 317 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Written in the wake of the riots that erupted throughout the Paris suburbs in the fall of 2005 and presaging more recent riots and general strikes in France and Greece, The Coming Insurrection articulates a rejection of the official Left and its reformist agenda, aligning itself instead with the younger, wilder forms of resistance that have emerged in Europe around recent struggles against immigration control and the "war on terror". The Coming Insurrection is a strategic prescription for an emergent war-machine to "spread anarchy and live communism". One of its members more adequately described the group as "the name given to a collective voice bent on denouncing contemporary cynicism and reality". Written by the anonymous Invisible Committee in the vein of Guy Debord - and with comparable elegance - it has been proclaimed a manual for terrorism by the French government (who recently arrested its alleged authors). The Coming Insurrection is an eloquent call to arms arising from the recent waves of social contestation in France and Europe. Buy The Coming Insurrection: Volume 1 by The Invisible Committee from Waterstones today Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK.
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