Postponing criticism until after revolution is a politics Hall refuses

Evidence

Let me say, secondly, I agree that this is not a question of theoretical practice alone, far from it. I think that just as we have to understand politics as a language we have to understand politics as living with the tension. The notion of a political practice where criticism is postponed until the day after the barricades precisely defines the politics which I always refused. And if you don’t go that way you go into politics of contention, of continuous argument, of continuous debate. Because what is at stake really matters. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 275

Categorization

Category: Craft and Method

• APHORISMS: ‘Criticism postponed until the day after the barricades’ is a memorable formulation of political commitment that could guide practice.

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