Activist Writing

Historically, the printed word is arguably the single most important infrastructure for activist politics. The essays gathered in this volume explore crucial examples of activist writing in sociological, historical, and literary-theoretical perspective. Together, they show that manifestos, pamphlets, open letters, and polemical speeches have left a significant imprint on the political fabric of Modernity. As a political practice, pamphleteering has continually remoulded available forms of democratic participation, thus fundamentally shaping contemporary concepts of activism.