1st Edition

Liberal Progressivism Politics and Class in the Age of Neoliberalism and Climate Change

By Gordon Hak Copyright 2021
172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

In Liberal Progressivism , Gordon Hak makes the case for the value of theory and philosophy in understanding the day-to-day political realm of elections, politicians, scandals, fund-raising, and law-making. Running through the book is the big question of how political attitudes and actions are philosophically grounded: why do people believe what they do? Framed as a debate between liberal... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Locating Liberal Progressivism

3. Apparatuses of Analysis or How You See Is What You Get

4. A World of Work in the 1970s

5. Engaging with Radicals and Radicalism

6. Among Liberal Progressives

7. The Economy and Capitalism

8. Identity, Inclusion, Diversity, Immigration, and Fundamentalism

9. Environmentalism and Climate Change

10. Ideological Struggle, Movement Politics, and Activists

11. Final Words

Biography

Gordon Hak is Professor Emeritus in the History Department, Vancouver Island University, Canada.

"Liberal Progressivism offers a powerful critique of contemporary identity politics as it has reshaped today’s polarized society, and it does so with a stubborn independence that sets it apart from both the celebrants of ‘inclusivity’ and the jeremiads of its conservative opponents. Anyone interested in the future of the left and the chasm separating so many bourgeois progressives from the working class will find it a riveting read."

Ian McKay, Professor of History, McMaster