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<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>What is the relationship between materialism and partisanship today? Starting with an outline of the elements of Lenin's understanding of the partisan character of truth, this intervention outlines some of the challenges posed to a Marxist understanding of partisanship by the influential positions of Michel Foucault and Carl Schmitt, as well as by the recent turn to vitalism and complexity in social theory. On the basis of the confrontation between a Leninist conception of materialist partisanship and its contemporary challengers, the article considers Alain Badiou's recent attempt to revive a 'materialist dialectic' in order to think through the present conditions for formulating a partisan and universalist conception of political truth that would not collapse into mere partiality or outright dogmatism.</jats:p> </jats:sec>
Historical Materialism – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2009
Keywords: SCHMITT; PARTISANSHIP; MATERIALISM; COMPLEXITY; LENIN; BADIOU; FOUCAULT
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