When people say 'comrade', they change the world
Between mass participation in two world wars and mass participation in Communist parties, in the 20th century millions of people across the globe addressed each other as 'comrade'. Now, it's more common to hear talk of 'allies' on the left than it is of comrades. In Comrade, Jodi Dean insists that this shift exemplifies the key problem with the contemporary left: the substitution of political identity for a relation of political belonging that must be built, sustained, and defended.

In Comrade, Dean offers a theory of the comrade as a mode of address, figure of belonging, and carrier of expectations for action. Comrades are equals on the same side of a political struggle. Voluntarily coming together in the struggle for justice, their relation is characterized by discipline, joy, courage, and enthusiasm. Considering the generic egalitarianism of the comrade in light of differences of race and gender, Dean draws...

当人们说'同志'时，他们改变了世界

在大规模参与两次世界大战和大规模参与共产党之间，在20世纪，全球有数百万人以'同志'称呼对方。现在，在左派中谈论 "盟友 "比谈论同志更常见。在《同志》一书中，乔迪-迪安坚持认为，这种转变体现了当代左派的关键问题：用政治身份取代必须建立、维持和捍卫的政治归属关系。

在《同志》中，迪安提供了一个关于同志的理论，作为一种称呼的方式、归属的形象和行动期望的载体。同志是政治斗争中同一方的平等者。在争取正义的斗争中自愿走到一起，他们的关系以纪律、欢乐、勇气和热情为特征。鉴于种族和性别的差异，考虑到同志的一般平等主义，迪安提请...