Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2024
Abstract
Michel Foucault once wrote, “Do not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting is abominable. It is the connection of desire to reality (and not its retreat into the forms of representation) that possesses revolutionary force.” This affect of revolutionary force stems from the joyful militancy of bringing into existence the already possibly present worlds that are assumed to be impossible.
Original Publication Citation
Dilts, A. (2024). Cultivating Abolitionist Despair. The Review of Politics, 86(2), 250–253. doi:10.1017/S0034670523000694
Digital Commons @ LMU & LLS Citation
Dilts, Andrew, "Cultivating Abolitionist Despair" (2024). Political Science and International Relations Faculty Works. 312.
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/poli_fac/312
