{"product_id":"neither-vertical-nor-horizontal-a-theory-of-political-organization-paperback","title":"Neither Vertical Nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRodrigo Nunes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow do we organize in a world after both Occupy and the Sanders campaign?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA decade ago, a wave of mass mobilisations described as \"horizontal\" and \"leaderless\" swept the planet, holding the promise of real democracy and justice for the 99%. Many saw its subsequent ebb as proof of the need to go back to what was once called \"the question of organisation\". For something so often described as essential, however, political organisation remains a surprisingly under-theorised field. In this book, Rodrigo Nunes proposes to remedy that lack by starting again from scratch. Redefining the terms of the problem, he rejects the confusion between organisation and any of the forms it can take, such as the party, and argues that organisation must be understood as always supposing a diverse ecology of different initiatives and organisational forms. Drawing from a wide array of sources and traditions that include cybernetics, poststructuralism, network theory and Marxism, Nunes develops a grammar that eschews easy oppositions between \"verticalism\" and \"horizontalism\", centralisation and dispersion, and offers a fresh approach to enduring issues like spontaneity, leadership, democracy, strategy, populism, revolution, and the relationship between movements and parties.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRodrigo Nunes\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of modern and contemporary philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eOrganisation of the Organisationless: Collective Action After Networks\u003c\/i\u003e and of numerous articles in publications such as \u003ci\u003eLes Temps Modernes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRadical Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouth Atlantic Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJacobin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAl Jazeera\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. As an organizer and popular educator, he has been involved in several initiatives in Brazil and in Europe, including the first editions of the World Social Forum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 25, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768693719328,"sku":"9781788733830","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a6a8177c79de60234515671a1aa5d8f8.webp?v=1780335368","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/neither-vertical-nor-horizontal-a-theory-of-political-organization-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}