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The Communist Postscript\nby Boris Groys\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 6\u20137 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Boris Groys\nTitle: The Communist Postscript\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Far-left political ideologies and movements\nPublisher: Verso Books\nPublication year: 2022\nISBN-13: 9781844674329\nISBN-10: 1844674320\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nSince Plato, philosophers have dreamed of establishing a rational state ruled through the power of language. In this radical and disturbing account of Soviet philosophy, Boris Groys argues that communism shares that dream and is best understood as an attempt to replace financial with linguistic bonds as the cement uniting society. The transformative power of language, the medium of equality, is the key .