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Radical intellectuals discuss the continued importance of [[communism]].

''Do not be afraid, join us, come back! You’ve had your anti-[[communist ]] fun, and you are pardoned for it—time it—[[time]] to get serious once again!''—Slavoj —[[Slavoj Žižek]]

Responding to Alain to [[Alain]] Badiou’s ‘communist hypothesis’, the leading [[political ]] [[philosophers ]] of the [[Left ]] convened in [[London ]] in 2009 to take part in a landmark conference to discuss the perpetual, persistent [[notion ]] that, in a truly emancipated [[society]], all things should be owned in common. This volume brings together their discussions on the [[philosophical ]] and political import of the communist [[idea]], highlighting both its continuing [[significance ]] and the [[need ]] to reconfigure the [[concept ]] within a [[world ]] marked by havoc and crisis.