Dialectical Pedagogy of Revolt

Brecht De Smet, Ph.D. (2012), Ghent University, is a post-doctoral researcher and lecturer at that university. He has published on Gramsci, subject formation, and the Egyptian workers’ movement, including “Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Egypt” (Science & Society 78(1), 2014).

• Foreword by Andy BlundenPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionPART I: SUBJECT AND ACTIVITY1. In Want of the PeoplePeople and PopulationThe People and the Régime2. Individual and CollectiveMind and BodyTranscendental SubjectActivityCollective Subjectivity3. Concept of the SubjectGestalt, Bildung, UrphänomenFormation of Consciousness, ConceptPractical-Critical ActivitySocial Formation, Cell-Form4. Cultural-Historical Activity TheoryUnit of AnalysisLearning and DevelopmentActivity as CollaborationConclusionsPART II: SUBJECT AND STRUGGLE5. Class as SubjectPolitical and Human EmancipationThe Proletariat as SubjectActual and Logical Development6. The Modern PrinceThe Strike as Cell-FormTrade UnionismThe Economic and the PoliticalDemonstration and PartyProletarian Hegemony7. A Pedagogy of RevoltLearning and InstructionPhilosophy of PraxisIntellectuals and Assistance8. RevolutionGrowth and CrisisRevolutionThe Mass StrikeMovement, Position, Underground9. PathologiesIron Law of Oligarchy?Revolution-RestorationInadequate InstructionSubstitutionismPART III: HISTORICAL LINEAGES10. Roots of the 25 January UprisingSurprised by the ExpectedOriginal Accumulation and Extended ReproductionUneven and Combined DevelopmentPermanent Revolution11. Colonial SubjectsAt the Doorstep of CapitalismA Colonial Historical BlocDevelopment of the StrikeRevolution12. Colonial CrisisDependent DevelopmentThe Road to Trade UnionismThe Muslim BrotherhoodThe Second Wave of CommunismOrganic Crisis13. NasserismThe Nasserist InterventionEscaping ColonialismOfficers and WorkersThe Concept of NasserismA Caesarist PathologyPART IV: NEOLIBERAL CAPITALISM14. Sadat’s InfitahCrisis of NasserismCapitalist OffensiveStrikes and DemonstrationsIslamic Fascism?Crisis and Defeat15. Mubarak’s DétentePolitics of a Rentier EconomyAbsorption of the BrotherhoodAbsorption of the LeftAbsorption of the Workers16. Neoliberal War of MovementNeoliberal Counter-ReformSubordinating the SubalternSubordinating the Elites17. The Civildemocratic ProjectCrisis of the ‘Legal Left’A New LeftRise of Street PoliticsBrothers and ComradesThe End of the Political LinePART V: THE WORKERS’ MOVEMENT18. The Mahalla StrikesGhazl al-MahallaOn the OffensiveInsurrection19. Development of the StrikeSystematizationInteriorizationProjectionMahalla’s DefeatThe First Independent Trade UnionSnowball Trade Unionism20. The Strike’s IntellectualsOrganic IntellectualsA Return to ClassThe Old LeftThe New LeftMuslim BrothersJournalistsArtistsHuman Rights Activists21. Pedagogies of RevoltForms of AssistanceModes of AssistanceColonizationCommodificationSolidarityEducating the Educators22. Adequate AssistanceBoundaries of InstructionLimits of the Economic LineLimits of the Political LinePART VI: TAHRIR23. Story of an Uprising (I)The Tension MountsTunisian Prolepsis25 JanuaryKeeping the Fire GoingFriday of Anger24. Story of an Uprising (II)Gaining ConfidenceBattle of the CamelRemaining SteadfastDay of Departure25. The Activity of TahrirExtended ReproductionDemonstrationOccupationThe Whip of Counterrevolution26. the Organization of TahrirSpontaneous OrganizationTechnical AssistanceCultural InstructionLeadershipImmanence and TeleologyProjection27. The Mass StrikeWorkers as National-Popular ActorsWorkers as Class ActorsThe Economic and the Political28. Revolutionary PathologiesLack of a CenterCaesarism Again?The End of the PeopleSoviets?29. Revolution beyond TahrirFrom Cell-Form to SymbolA Civil CounterrevolutionPopular Uprising and Military CoupMany PrincesPopular or Proletarian?CONCLUSIONSPermanent Deflections of RevolutionClass Formation and Anti-ImperialismIndependent Trade UnionismNasserist DeflectionNeoliberal War of MovementUprising and DeflectionA Pedagogy of RevoltInteriorizationForms and Modes of AssistanceZone of Proximal DevelopmentA Self-Reflecting NoteReferencesInterviewsLiteratureIndex