Communism refreshed

Vocabulary flashcards reviewing key concepts from the lecture notes on Communism Refreshed.

Progress of History

The idea that history progresses through stages like feudalism to capitalism to socialism to communism.

Context: derailment of the progress of history: feudalism → capitalism → socialism → communism:

Intervallic Periods

Periods when nothing seems to be happening, punctuated by evental sequences.

Evental Sequences

Periods of turmoil and upheaval that disrupt intervallic periods.

Riots (Badiou's View)

Flickers of hope and guardians of dormant revolution during seemingly inactive times.

Immediate Riot

Unrest among those abandoned by the state, often triggered by state violence.

Historical Riot

A riot that involves peaceful demands for significant change and challenges the state.

Black Lives Matter

Faithful to Revolutionary Ideas

Remaining committed to revolutionary ideas, often expressed through powerful slogans.

Reactive Subjects

Subjects who believe 'The Event was a disaster'.

Obscure Subjects

Subjects who believe 'Nothing happened'.

Inexistent

The idea that masses of people are not recognized or considered by the state.

The Faithful Subject

Guardian and militant of the idea.

Declaration

Declares something that will be made true.

Breaking of History

Marks a division in history between the old and new worlds.

·       Before = old world (Jews/Greeks/Romans)

·       Now = new world (Christian)

The 'New Man'

A new subject is born again.

·       End of guilt and slavery

·       New subject is born again

·       New discourse of rupture; revolution

Militant of Truth

St Paul = militant of truth: “He is risen.”

Event + Declaration + Fidelity = militant Christian

Socialism (Lenin's View)

First stage of communism, existing within class society. socialism

Communism (Lenin's View)

Second stage of communism, destroying class divisions. communism

Communism of Capital

Mutation of capitalism where wealth is concentrated but masked by charity.

Commonism

A new form of communism emphasizing the common and sharing, sidestepping the state.

System of the Common

System prior to private and state ownership.

New Commons

Ecological, Social, and Networked commons.