{"product_id":"revolutionary-forgiveness","title":"Revolutionary Forgiveness: Beyond Moralism, Toward Liberation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForgiveness is necessary in the long fight for a just world\u003c\/strong\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003ebut it is only possible after the oppressed are victorious\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor too long, revolutionary social movements have reconciled to defeat. We must start winning again. Forgiveness is a crucial strategy for remaking the world, to secure and sustain victories, to transform one-time enemies into friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith deep political commitment, D. K. Renton makes the case for forgiveness—but of a particularly unruly sort. Tracing the tragic abuse of Eleanor Marx and Jane Wells, the mistakes of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye, Renton urges us to forgive, but only after tearing down the citadels of the rich.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRevolutionary Forgiveness \u003c\/em\u003econnects collective struggle with the individual’s search for justice to demand a better future for all—when the oppressed will be magnanimous in power, and even former oppressors will be free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Renton rescues ‘forgiveness' from the pulpit and returns it, bloodied but lucid, to history.”\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eRichard Seymour, author of \u003cem\u003eDisaster Nationalism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Renton rescues ‘forgiveness' from the pulpit and returns it, bloodied but lucid, to history. With a barrister’s intolerance for cant and a socialist’s contempt for vicarious absolution, he searches the historical archives from Eleanor Marx to the South African compromise, from Javert’s chilly legalism to Fanon’s revolutionary humanism, and shows that mercy without justice is merely the alibi of the strong — but forgiveness with justice is radical realpolitik.\" Richard Seymour, author of \u003cem\u003eDisaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e“How can the oppressed of the world forgive while colonial capitalism continues to kill? In this excellent book, David Renton shows that many theorists have failed in their thinking by placing forgiveness first. Instead, revolution must come first. Using compelling examples from apartheid South Africa, the Shoah, Israel-Palestine, and key touchpoints in socialist history, Renton explores what it would take for oppressed people to forgive their persecutors. What emerges is a portrait of the possibilities of healing, and a vision of forgiveness underpinned by radical social change.” Rabbi Lev Taylor, educator for the Queer Yeshiva\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Reading Renton will always teach you something new and valuable about the world.”  Daniel Trilling, author of \u003cem\u003eIf We Tolerate This: How The British Establishment Made the Far Right Respectable\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book is at once an insightful exploration of the politics of forgiveness and a passionate case for the interdependence of personal and social revolution. Too often, forgiveness becomes a substitute for social transformation; David Renton instead convinces us to recognise it as a necessary part of the repertoire and vocabulary of revolution.” Dan Swain, author of \u003cem\u003eNone So Fit to Break the Chains: Marx’s Ethics of Self-Emancipation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eD. K. Renton\u003c\/strong\u003e is a barrister and historian. His work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJacobin\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Spectre\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e Tempest\u003c\/em\u003e. Renton is a member of rs21. His books include \u003cem\u003eThe New Authoritarians: Convergence on the Right \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eFascism: History and Theory. \u003c\/em\u003eHe is based in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44906723180637,"sku":"9798888905982","price":32.13,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/9798888905982.jpg?v=1786745187","url":"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/fr\/products\/revolutionary-forgiveness","provider":"Leftwingbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}