The concept of revolution marks the ultimate horizon of modern politics. It is instantiated by
sites of both hope and horror. Within progressive thought revolution? often perpetuates
entrenched philosophical problems: a teleological philosophy of history economic reductionism
and normative paternalism. At a time of resurgent uprisings how can revolution be
reconceptualized to grasp the dynamics of social transformation and disentangle revolutionary
practice from authoritarian usurpation? Eva von Redecker reconsiders critical theory's
understanding of radical change in order to offer a bold new account of how revolution occurs.
She argues that revolutions are not singular events but extended processes: beginning from the
interstices of society they succeed by gradually rearticulating social structures toward a new
paradigm. Developing a theoretical account of social transformation Praxis and Revolution
incorporates a wide range of insights from the Frankfurt School to queer theory and
intersectionality. Its revised materialism furnishes prefigurative politics with their social
conditions and performative critique with its collective force.
