Influential manifestos?
November 7, 2012 2:20 PM Subscribe
The Communist Manifesto. The 95 Theses. The Cluetrain Manifesto. Dogme 95. What are some other influential manifestos, political, religious, sociological, artistic, or otherwise, either past or present?
The Society of the Spectacle (Debord) and The Revolution of Everyday Life (Vanegeim).
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 2:39 PM on November 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 2:39 PM on November 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
Dunno how influential it was/is but it got me revved up: The Coming Insurrection. Wikipedia.
posted by doublesix at 2:52 PM on November 7, 2012
posted by doublesix at 2:52 PM on November 7, 2012
There are quite a few in the Wikipedia article, "Manifesto."
Arguably manifestos:
The Manhattan Declaration
Evangelicals and Catholics Together
posted by Jahaza at 2:55 PM on November 7, 2012
Arguably manifestos:
The Manhattan Declaration
Evangelicals and Catholics Together
posted by Jahaza at 2:55 PM on November 7, 2012
The Wikipedia article Manifesto has a long list of notable manifestos.
Literary theorist Greg Ulmer came up with a brief list of rhetorical features of manifestos, according to which Plato's Phaedrus and Descartes's Discourse on Method are also manifestos by virtue of inventing a new practice based on opposition to an old practice, analogy with a basically unrelated practice, and application of some body of theory.
posted by Monsieur Caution at 2:55 PM on November 7, 2012
Literary theorist Greg Ulmer came up with a brief list of rhetorical features of manifestos, according to which Plato's Phaedrus and Descartes's Discourse on Method are also manifestos by virtue of inventing a new practice based on opposition to an old practice, analogy with a basically unrelated practice, and application of some body of theory.
posted by Monsieur Caution at 2:55 PM on November 7, 2012
It was originally given as a speech, but Emerson's The American Scholar
posted by RonButNotStupid at 2:55 PM on November 7, 2012
posted by RonButNotStupid at 2:55 PM on November 7, 2012
The FLQ Manifesto was a key document of the group the Front de libération du Québec. On 8 October 1970, during the October Crisis, it was broadcast by CBC/Radio-Canada television as one of many demands required for the release of kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross.
In French
Dubbed in English
The reading of the text, slangy and radical, on the normally staid CBC was a big deal, not just for the obvious reason of kidnapping and murder, but for Québec French to be broadcast rather than uptight French French.
posted by looli at 2:56 PM on November 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
In French
Dubbed in English
The reading of the text, slangy and radical, on the normally staid CBC was a big deal, not just for the obvious reason of kidnapping and murder, but for Québec French to be broadcast rather than uptight French French.
posted by looli at 2:56 PM on November 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
The ROZZ-TOX Manifesto (Matt Groening and Philip K. Dick-approved)
posted by griphus at 3:19 PM on November 7, 2012
posted by griphus at 3:19 PM on November 7, 2012
Frank O'Hara's Personism: A Manifesto.
I couldn't tell you if it's influential or not, but it's pretty fun.
posted by musofire at 3:21 PM on November 7, 2012
I couldn't tell you if it's influential or not, but it's pretty fun.
posted by musofire at 3:21 PM on November 7, 2012
Queers Read This (1990)
A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace (1996)
posted by Nelson at 3:32 PM on November 7, 2012
A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace (1996)
posted by Nelson at 3:32 PM on November 7, 2012
Oh man, one time Arthur Danto told me about a grad student he knew that was doing her dissertation on art manifestos - she had 150+ collected. I wish I could find that dissertation, but no such google luck. The point is, there are tons.
One of my favorites is the Fluxus manifesto.
posted by Lutoslawski at 3:33 PM on November 7, 2012
One of my favorites is the Fluxus manifesto.
posted by Lutoslawski at 3:33 PM on November 7, 2012
Entering the 21st Century:
The Posthuman Manifesto, by Robert Pepperell
The Glitch Studies Manifesto by Rosa Menkmann
Manifesto for a Theory of the New Aesthetic, Curt Cloninger
The Affectivist Manifesto
The Off-Modern Manifesto, Svetlana Boym
Bonus: The Return of Art Manifestos
posted by 0bvious at 3:47 PM on November 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
The Posthuman Manifesto, by Robert Pepperell
The Glitch Studies Manifesto by Rosa Menkmann
Manifesto for a Theory of the New Aesthetic, Curt Cloninger
The Affectivist Manifesto
The Off-Modern Manifesto, Svetlana Boym
Bonus: The Return of Art Manifestos
posted by 0bvious at 3:47 PM on November 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
Declaration of War Against Exploiters of Lakota Spirituality
posted by Jahaza at 3:53 PM on November 7, 2012
posted by Jahaza at 3:53 PM on November 7, 2012
On hip-hop: there's the 8 Point Agenda, which Lateef refers to as a manifesto.
posted by .kobayashi. at 5:55 PM on November 7, 2012
posted by .kobayashi. at 5:55 PM on November 7, 2012
The Regina Manifesto, which was really the birth of social democracy in Canada.
posted by Johnny Assay at 7:19 PM on November 7, 2012
posted by Johnny Assay at 7:19 PM on November 7, 2012
Dunno how influential it was, but I love it: Donna Haraway's Cyborg Manifesto. The last line is one of my favorite things I read in college ever.
posted by ifjuly at 8:20 PM on November 7, 2012
posted by ifjuly at 8:20 PM on November 7, 2012
The Urban Guerilla Concept (manifesto of the Red Army Faction/Baader-Meinhof group)
posted by jquinby at 9:04 PM on November 7, 2012
posted by jquinby at 9:04 PM on November 7, 2012
Roxy Music performs the title track from their sixth LP, Manifesto, in Manchester 1979. The band (if not this song) was certainly influential, although at that late date, not so much.
posted by Rash at 11:21 PM on November 7, 2012
posted by Rash at 11:21 PM on November 7, 2012
First things first manifesto 1 (1964) and 2 (2000)
posted by dottiechang at 11:54 PM on November 7, 2012
posted by dottiechang at 11:54 PM on November 7, 2012
The Believer manifesto (opening essay in issue #1 of The Believer).
posted by mattbucher at 7:16 AM on November 8, 2012
posted by mattbucher at 7:16 AM on November 8, 2012
I love manifestoes! Here are some favorites:
Werner Herzog's "Minnesota Declaration"
André Breton's "Manifesto of Surrealism"
Dziga Vertov wrote nothing but manifestoes!
More as I think of 'em...
posted by Dr. Wu at 1:09 PM on November 8, 2012
Werner Herzog's "Minnesota Declaration"
André Breton's "Manifesto of Surrealism"
Dziga Vertov wrote nothing but manifestoes!
More as I think of 'em...
posted by Dr. Wu at 1:09 PM on November 8, 2012
The Cannibal Manifesto from 1928 defined modern Brazilian culture and is still relevant to us today.
posted by Tom-B at 4:27 PM on November 8, 2012
posted by Tom-B at 4:27 PM on November 8, 2012
I realized that things like 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The Rules probably qualify.
posted by Miko at 4:29 PM on November 8, 2012
posted by Miko at 4:29 PM on November 8, 2012
"Toward a Third Cinema," by Fernando Golanas and Octavio Getino.
posted by Dr. Wu at 5:36 PM on November 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Dr. Wu at 5:36 PM on November 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
The several Leveller manifestos issued during the English Civil War and subsequently.
posted by Abiezer at 5:14 AM on November 9, 2012
posted by Abiezer at 5:14 AM on November 9, 2012
Jinnah's Fourteen Points
The Chartists' Six Points
posted by bardophile at 9:45 AM on November 10, 2012
The Chartists' Six Points
posted by bardophile at 9:45 AM on November 10, 2012
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Dada manifesto
Surrealist manifesto
posted by mediated self at 2:39 PM on November 7, 2012 [2 favorites]