Politics and the Other Scene subject-philosophy constitute capitalism's most destructive power

constitute capitalism's most destructive power but are also the sites where a fighting left movement might be able to halt the destruction and build the non-capitalist future we so desperately need

its personality split between multilateralism

and Resistance

of philosophical fashion

Comprehensive and absorbing

Politics and the Other Scene subject-philosophy constitute capitalism's most destructive powerAs one of Louis Althussers most brilliant students in the 1960s, Etienne Balibar contributed to the theoretical collective masterpiece of Reading Capital. Since then he has established himself among the most subtle philosophical and political thinkers in France. In Politics and the Other Scene Balibar deepens and extends the work he first developed with Immanuel Wallerstein in Race, Nation, Class. Exploring the theme of universalism and difference, he