Description
The book's title evokes both the emergence of new social subjects and the crises they provoked in the social order. But Lumley also looks at the paradoxes and contradictions of the movements, their creative potential and ultimate failure. The political debates which they initiated soon became part of the agenda of the Left internationally.
Drawing on the work of theorists such as Umberto Eco, Alberto Melucci, Norberto Bobbio and Antonio Negri, States of Emergency is a vital contribution not only to Italy's social history but to contemporary political discussion.
"A fascinating account." -Paul Ginsborg
Reviews
Shows an extraordinary capacity to combine cultural, intellectual and social history ... A fascinating account of the wonders and follies of the most important period of collective action in twentieth-century Italian history. -- Paul Ginsborg
Of the utmost interest both for historians and for a larger public, in its capacity to look with a 'cultural eye' at transformations usually considered from a social or political point of view. -- Luisa Passerini
Book Information
ISBN 9780860919698
Author Robert Lumley
Format Paperback
Page Count 396
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 559g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 25mm