1st Edition
Between Class and Discourse: Left Intellectuals in Defence of Capitalism
By Boris Kagarlitsky
Copyright 2021
210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
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This provocative book addresses the ideological and political crisis of the Western left, comparing it with the problems facing leftist politics in Russia and other countries.
The author presents a radical critique of the current state of the Western left which puts discourse above class interest and politics of diversity above politics of social change. The trajectory away from class politics... Read more
Introduction
1. The Logic of Fragmentation
2. Europe Versus the European Union
3. The Era of Populism
4. The Lessons of America
5. France: from Republic to Oligarchy
6. Unreasonable Rationality
7. Overcoming the Crisis of Thought, in Order to Begin to Act
Conclusion
Biography
Boris Kagarlitsky is Professor at The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka), Russia. He is the author of Back in the USSR (2009) and From Empires to Imperialism: The State and the Rise of Bourgeois Civilisation (2014).
