{"id":601,"date":"2014-03-17T14:28:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T14:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.minorcompositions.info\/?p=601"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:57:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:57:48","slug":"precarious-communism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.minorcompositions.info\/?p=601","title":{"rendered":"Precarious Communism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/sdk\/js?client-id=BAAZVqDzpOe4wiR8CaLD_oJEvsW8k_r43j2m8f0nPZpK9MqpD3c_nCgZ1_fgqtEOiF3kkO3be21V5NnwRU&#038;components=hosted-buttons&#038;disable-funding=venmo&#038;currency=GBP\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><b>Precarious Communism: Manifest Mutations, Manifesto Detourned<br \/>\n<\/b>Richard Gilman-Opalsky<\/p>\n<p>How does one demonstrate the enduring relevance of a sacred text but to help it speak to present times? This is what churches do with the Bible and what Marxists do with the writings of Marx. Richard Gilman-Opalsky offers a book-length d\u00e9tournement of <i>The Communist Manifesto <\/i>as a loving blasphemy, as a grateful revolt, both for and against the original text. Gilman-Opalsky detourns the 1848 manifesto as an exploration of its ongoing applicability, as well as its failures, in relation to capitalism and its evolving crises. <i>Precarious Communism<\/i> explores long-form d\u00e9tournement as a tool for critical theory. But most importantly, Gilman-Opalsky\u2019s new book is a mutant manifesto of its own that makes the case for an autonomist and millennial Marxism, for the many movements of precarious communism.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>Precarious Communism <\/i>offers a creative, convincing, and provocative rerouting of <i>The Communist Manifesto<\/i>, exploring the catastrophes of both statism and capitalism in a fresh new light. Gilman-Opalsky lays bare ideological specters of the past that continue to haunt the present. This book is a must read for anyone interested in what autonomy, dignity, and association mean today, and in understanding the insurrectionary hope of people everywhere.\u201d\u00a0 \u2013 John Asimakopoulos, Director of the Transformative Studies Institute<\/p>\n<p><b>Bio:<\/b>\u00a0Richard Gilman-Opalsky is Associate Professor of Political Philosophy in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Springfield. He is the author of\u00a0<i>Spectacular Capitalism: Guy Debord and the Practice of Radical Philosophy\u00a0<\/i>(2011) and\u00a0<i>Unbounded Publics: Transgressive Public Spheres, Zapatismo, and Political Theory\u00a0<\/i>(2008).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ordering Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"paypal-container-PL4L7WDK6VEVQ\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  paypal.HostedButtons({\n    hostedButtonId: \"PL4L7WDK6VEVQ\",\n  }).render(\"#paypal-container-PL4L7WDK6VEVQ\")\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Official release to the book trade in Fall 2014.<br \/>\nAvailable direct from Minor Compositions for the special price of \u00a310 + shipping.<\/p>\n<p>You can also download it here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/precariouscommunism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Precarious Communism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>148 pages, 5.5 x 8.5<br \/>\nUK: \u00a318 \/ US: $24<br \/>\nISBN 978-1-57027-292-9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Precarious Communism: Manifest Mutations, Manifesto Detourned Richard Gilman-Opalsky How does one demonstrate the enduring relevance of a sacred text but to help it speak to present times? This is what churches do with the Bible and what Marxists do with the writings of Marx. 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