Locating the Left in Difficult Times
Framing a Political Discourse for the Present
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Beschreibung
This book investigates notions of the individual, society, the state, economic relations and historical change that exist in the political left by drawing on contemporary philosophical, political and social thought. Using a discourse perspective, this work brings together the many fractious strains in the left, including social democracy, anarchism, communism and market socialism, and discusses them in terms of their relationships with each other. Not only does the study disentangle the left from liberal capitalism and progressive movements—such as those against racism and inequality—it sees the current left as intertwined with its history and its visions of the future.
This book investigates notions of the individual, society, the state, economic relations and historical change that exist in the political left by drawing on contemporary philosophical, political and social thought. Using a discourse perspective, this work brings together the many fractious strains in the left, including social democracy, anarchism, communism and market socialism, and discusses them in terms of their relationships with each other. Not only does the study disentangle the left from liberal capitalism and progressive movements—such as those against racism and inequality—it sees the current left as intertwined with its history and its visions of the future.
Asserts that the left must be understood in a new discourse to remain relevant to contemporary life, while disentangling it from contemporary social movements to retain its historical consciousness Avoids the narrow linguistic trappings of scholarly debate for common language and thoroughly exemplified sources Studies examples from diverse political climates, including North America, Britain, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and scholars from political philosophers, historians,to economists Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Gordon Hak
Themen in »Locating the Left in Difficult Times«
populism contemporary social democracy unionism liberal capitalism neoliberalism socioeconomic leftism liberalism progressive wage labor labour socialist union anarchist