Bolo Bolo (Foreign Agents) [Paperback]

P. M. (Author)

Book Description

Series: Foreign Agents | Publication Date: June 1984

new edition, w/author's "apology" ten years after

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Language Notes

Text: English, German (translation)

Product Details

• Paperback: 198 pages
• Publisher: Autonomedia (June 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 093675608X
• ISBN-13: 978-0936756080
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,400,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting description of a utopian society., February 25, 1999

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This review is from: Bolo Bolo (Foreign Agents) (Paperback)

P.M. creates an interesting utopian model in this book. He blends Marxist and Anarchist ideas to form a utopia that seems realistic and achievable. An enjoyable and inspiring read.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars most fascinating political work I've ever read, February 10, 2000

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This review is from: Bolo Bolo (Foreign Agents) (Paperback)

The shadowy Swiss activist p.m. has written a masterpiece. This book deserves to be far better known than it is-- a fantastic blueprint for a post-utopian world. Whereas most "green" theorists have a tendency to sink into mere liberal preaching, p.m. gives us a glimpse of a world that OUGHT to be. No tedious sermons on recycling, condom use, or literacy. Instead, the Magus of Zurich talks about a possible world of duels, sprouting micro-religions, bizarre local cuisines, the transformation of bland existing buildings into bohemian funhouses, dramatic suicides, wild barter economics, and Tarkovskyesque railway systems.

In the early '90s I belonged to a New Mexico household that attempted to implement some of the ideas of this book. Although the project failed miserably, individual pettiness was to blame rather than p.m.'s resplendent vision of a politics that would finally confront the irreducible reality of both beneficent and lethal objects.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creative, thoughtful, and timely reading., November 16, 1999

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This review is from: Bolo Bolo (Foreign Agents) (Paperback)

This is a fun read. The ideas are very thoughtful and creative, and there could not be a more timely book for those of you on the calendar that suggests that the year 2000 is just around the corner. Young readers or those young-at-heart will find Bolo Bolo a possible path for the future.