%0 Journal Article
%T The joyful power of activist memory: The radiant image of the Commune in the Invisible Committee¡¯s writings
%A S¨¦bastien Fevry
%J Memory Studies
%@ 1750-6999
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1750698018811988
%X This article seeks to understand the emotional dynamics surrounding the image of the Paris Commune in connection with its mobilization through contemporary movements of struggle sharing, as their common point, a rejection of neo-liberal capitalism. More precisely, this will involve examining how the affect of joy ¨C understood in Spinoza¡¯s terms as a passion which contributes to increasing the power of action ¨C plays a determining role in the Commune¡¯s discursive deployment in the Invisible Committee¡¯s writings
%K activism
%K activist memory
%K commune
%K Invisible Committee
%K joy
%K memory
%K Spinoza
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1750698018811988