Radical Intellectuals and the Subversion of Progressive Politics: The Betrayal of Politics (Political Philosophy and Public Purpose) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1137385154 ISBN 13: 9781137385154

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

Synopsis

Radical Intellectuals and the Subversion of Progressive Politics is a challenge to contemporary radical politics and political thought. This collection of essays critiques the dominant trends and figures on the left that have distorted the legacy of progressive politics, arguing that they have moved politics away from issues of class and economic power toward a preoccupation with culture and identity. The contributors discuss this new radicalism from the perspective of a more rational form of leftism capable of reviving interest in a more politically relevant form of politics.

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Alison Assiter, University of the West of England, UK Warren Breckman, University of Pennsylvania, USA John Clark, Loyola University, USA Shadia Drury, University of Regina, Canada Russell Jacoby, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Alan Johson, Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre, UK Tom Rockmore, Duquesne University, USA John Sanbonmatsu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, USA Joseph M. Schwartz, Temple University, USA

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137385154
• ISBN 13: 9781137385154
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Thompson Michael J., Smulewicz-Zucker Gregory