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Theory of Immediate World Revolution - A Handbook for the Avant-Garde

Theory of Immediate World Revolution – A Handbook for the Avant-Garde

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9781788733656
Verso Books
2026
192
Paperback
26874

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A surrealist plan to overthrow capitalism in one year—with three hundred accomplices and guaranteed failure.
Not a revolution to win, but one designed to change how we imagine change itself.

Description

A blueprint for revolution: part manifesto, part performance, and a provocation to rethink the very idea of change. In 1958, Belgian surrealist Marcel Mariën drafted a plan to topple capitalism on a global scale—achievable in a single year, in any place, at any time. The catch? It required three hundred accomplices, and it was destined to fail. Mariën’s text dares to imagine the unimaginable, offering a blueprint as much for play as for politics. By fusing the spirit of surrealism with the urgency of the atomic age, Mariën exposes the thin line between theory and performance, reality and fiction. This book captures one of his boldest gestures: a proposal not to succeed, but to alter the very way we think about revolution.

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About the Author

Marcel is the author of Theory of Immediate World Revolution - A Handbook for the Avant-Garde, a work examining political philosophy and revolutionary ideologies, published by Verso Books in 2026.

Theory of Immediate World Revolution – A Handbook for the Avant-Garde

By : Marcel

A surrealist plan to overthrow capitalism in one year—with three hundred accomplices and guaranteed failure.
Not a revolution to win, but one designed to change how we imagine change itself.

Description

A blueprint for revolution: part manifesto, part performance, and a provocation to rethink the very idea of change. In 1958, Belgian surrealist Marcel Mariën drafted a plan to topple capitalism on a global scale—achievable in a single year, in any place, at any time. The catch? It required three hundred accomplices, and it was destined to fail. Mariën’s text dares to imagine the unimaginable, offering a blueprint as much for play as for politics. By fusing the spirit of surrealism with the urgency of the atomic age, Mariën exposes the thin line between theory and performance, reality and fiction. This book captures one of his boldest gestures: a proposal not to succeed, but to alter the very way we think about revolution.

Praise and Reviews

Not available

About the Author

Marcel is the author of Theory of Immediate World Revolution - A Handbook for the Avant-Garde, a work examining political philosophy and revolutionary ideologies, published by Verso Books in 2026.

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