{"product_id":"the-refusalist-international-a-theory-of-the-new-protest-cycle-hardback-9781509568277","title":"The Refusalist International; A Theory of the New Protest Cycle (Hardback) 9781509568277","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Refusalist International\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Theory of the New Protest Cycle\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMikkel Bolt Rasmussen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509568277, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 September 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e132 pages\u003cbr\u003e19.3 x 13 x 1.5 cm, 0.227 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen’s argument not only provides an original account of the coherence of recent social movements but also makes an essential contribution to contemporary political debates. Today, faced with extraordinary reactionary onslaughts, we need more than ever to invent a new and productive politics of refusal.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Hardt, author of ’\u003ci\u003eThe Subversive Seventies\u003c\/i\u003e’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe many mass protests that have taken place since 2011 have been characterised by an unmistakable need to challenge, overthrow and destroy the prevailing political representations without proposing new ones. The protests are not concerned with replacing the current government or leader with others, and thus getting a better version of what we already have. Instead, they refuse all leaders, including the most critical opposition leaders: these protests are about dismantling the need for leaders. More and more people are coming to the view that it is not possible to manage the many crises within the framework of the political institutions we have today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The new protests are political acts that are neither class struggle nor the establishment of an opposition to those in power. Rasmussen argues that we should understand these protests as the emergence of a new kind of revolutionary action that is as much an anthropological as a political transformation: it is an attempt to break free from all the traditional notions of how the social context that we call society and the nation-state is organised.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eThe Globalization of Protest\u003cbr\u003eThe New Movement\u003cbr\u003eRefusal\u003cbr\u003eAphasia\u003cbr\u003eAnti-Politics\u003cbr\u003eThe Workers' Movement\u003cbr\u003eThe Socialist Horizon and Beyond\u003cbr\u003eDissolution\u003cbr\u003eRefusal of the Refusal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441816039704,"sku":"9781509568277","price":31.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509568277.jpg?v=1785027115","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-refusalist-international-a-theory-of-the-new-protest-cycle-hardback-9781509568277","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}