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.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Gordon Hak
EAN: 9783319543420
COUNTRY: Switzerland
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WEIGHT: 3947 g
HEIGHT: 210 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Springer International Publishing AG
DATE PUBLISHED: 2017-08-18
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GENRE: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General
WIDTH: 148 cm
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Book Themes:
The Americas, History of ideas, Politics and government, Political science and theory, History: specific events and topics, Social and cultural history
Gordon Hak is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at Vancouver Island University, CN
