The Time of Revolt Di Cesare Donatella
The Time of Revolt Di Cesare Donatella As capitalism triumphs on the ruins of utopias and faith in progress fades, revolts are breaking out everywhere. Not even the pandemic has been able to stop…
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The Time of Revolt Di Cesare Donatella
As capitalism triumphs on the ruins of utopias and faith in progress fades, revolts are breaking out everywhere. Not even the pandemic has been able to stop them: as many were reflecting on the loss of public space, the fuse of a fresh explosion was lit in Minneapolis with the brutal murder of George Floyd. From London to Hong Kong, Buenos Aires to Beirut, protests flare up, in some cases spreading like wildfire, in other cases petering out and re-igniting elsewhere.
It would be a mistake to think of revolt as simply an explosion of anger, a spontaneous and irrational outburst, as it is often portrayed in the media. We are living in an age of revolt.But what is revolt? Exploding anger is not a bolt from the blue but a symptom of a social order in which the sovereignty of the state has imposed itself as the sole condition of order.
Revolt challenges the sovereignty of the