Journal of Peer Production, No. 3: The Critical Power of Free Software (2013)
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The issue explores the contemporary ability of Free Software to constitute a form of epistemological and material critique of contemporary societies. It does so with five research papers and three pieces in a “debate section”.
Contributions by Tyler Handley, Angela Daly, Douglas Haywood, Dan McQuillan, Morgan Currie/Christopher Kelty/Luis Felipe Rosado Murillo, Christopher Kelty, Katja Mayer and Judith Simon, David Hakken.
Edited by Maurizio Teli and Vincenzo D’Andrea
Published in July 2013
Open Access
ISSN 2213-5316
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Comment (0)Guy Debord: “Cette mauvaise réputation…” (1993) [French]
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La critique des critiques. Ce plaidoyer pro domo est destiné à ‘rétablir la vérité complète sur beaucoup de circonstances peu connues’ de la conduite de l’auteur, circonstances qui ‘sont pourtant aussi très rarement citées’. Guy Debord recopie, ‘redresse’ et commente les ‘propos des médiatiques’, durant les années 1988 à 1992. On peut, avec J. Savigneau, souligner l’absence totale d’humour et qualifier de ‘décourageante’ la lecture de ce florilège de critiques peu crédibles.
Publisher Gallimard, 1993
ISBN 2070407004
111 pages
Samir Amin: Eurocentrism: Modernity, Religion and Democracy: A Critique of Eurocentrism and Culturalism (1988-) [FR, EN, ES]
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Since its first publication more than twenty years ago, Eurocentrism has become a classic of radical thought. Written by one of the world’s foremost political economists, this original and provocative essay takes on one of the great “ideological deformations” of our time: Eurocentrism. Rejecting the dominant Eurocentric view of world history, which narrowly and incorrectly posits a progression from the Greek and Roman classical world to Christian feudalism and the European capitalist system, Amin presents a sweeping reinterpretation that emphasizes the crucial historical role played by the Arab Islamic world. Throughout the work, Amin addresses a broad set of concerns, ranging from the ideological nature of scholastic metaphysics to the meanings and shortcomings of contemporary Islamic fundamentalism. This second edition contains a new introduction and concluding chapter, both of which make the author’s arguments even more compelling.
French edition
Publisher Anthropos-Economica, Paris, 1988
160 pages
English edition
Translated by Russell Moore and James Membrez
First published in 1989
Publisher Monthly Review Press, New York, 2010
ISBN 1583672079, 9781583672075
288 pages
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L’eurocentrisme: Critique d’une ideologie (French, 1988)
Eurocentrism: Modernity, Religion and Democracy: A Critique of Eurocentrism and Culturalism, alt link (English, trans. Russell Moore and James Membrez, 2nd edition, 1989/2010)
El eurocentrismo: Crítica de una ideología (Spanish, trans. Rosa Cuminsky de Cendrero, 1989)