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ANTI-COMMUNISM IS ALL AROUND US
ANTI-COMMUNISM IS ALL AROUND US

Author(s): Jodi Dean
Subject(s): Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Government/Political systems, History of Communism
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: anti-communism; critique of ideology; politics of fear; far-right politics;

Summary/Abstract: The essay discusses four theses on contemporary anti-communism: 1) anti-communism is general and international; 2) anti-communism is an operator within capitalist ideology; 3) anti-communism is a politics of fear; 4) anti-communism is a lure that communists should reject. It proposes new theoretical framework to understand and contest many-faced manifestations of anti-communism.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 31
  • Page Range: 15-24
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English
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