Between Class and Discourse: Left Intellectuals in Defence of Capitalism

This provocative book addresses the ideological and political crisis of the Western left, and 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.

Autorentext

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).

Inhalt

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