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"Separating the promise of communism from the disasters of thetwentieth century is no easy task. But it feels necessary. Already weknow that choices will have to be made and sides taken. Impendingecological disaster suggests that this could be our last chance to doso. If another world is possible, it will happen in action, not abstracttheory. The first choice is very simple: to begin." - The Guardian Contributors Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, Antoni Negri, Michael Hardt,Jacques Ranciegrave;re, Terry Eagleton, Jean-Luc Nancy, Susan Buck-Morss, BrunoBosteels, Peter Hallward, Alberto Toscano, Wang Hui and others took part ina landmark conference in London on the idea of communism in 2009. Thisvolume brings together their discussions on the philosophical and politicalimport of the communist idea, highlighting both its continuing significanceand the need to reconfigure the concept within a world marked by havocand crisis.

Costas Douzinas is Professor of Law and Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, University of London. He is the author of numerous works, including Human Rights and Empire, The End of Human Rights, and Law and the Image. Slavoj Zizek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.