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Over the last six years, [[Greece ]] has provided the [[world ]] with “an open-air [[political ]] lesson.” The country’s deep [[economic ]] and [[social ]] crisis has exposed the fundamental contradictions of the [[European Union]], and indeed the [[capitalist ]] world as a [[whole]]. It has been a [[test ]] [[case ]] for movements seeking to put an end to the authoritarian [[anarchy ]] of neoliberal [[capitalism]]. The Greek [[resistance ]] to EU institutions and financial-[[market ]] [[hegemony ]] offered a beacon of hope. Yet the “movementist” [[politics ]] of 2011 could not build anything lasting, and Syriza’s efforts as a party of [[government ]] soon led to [[impasse]]. For [[Alain ]] [[Badiou]], it is not enough to mourn this defeat—we must [[understand ]] why such a vigorous opposition could fail.

''Greece and the Reinvention of Politics'' argues that an opposition of [[real ]] consequence must revive the “communist “[[communist]] hypothesis,” the [[vision ]] of an alternative [[state ]] [[structure]]. The “orienting maxims” that this hypothesis provides light the way for effective political [[action]]. Written in the storm of the crisis, the interventions collected in this book offer a path out of our contemporary powerlessness.