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Karl Polanyi In Dialogue
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- Book Synopsis
- The contemporary Left fights its political battles on various fronts: protesting the crippling structural inequalities that sustain neoliberal economic policy; developing sustainable, community-based alternatives to the consumerism and short-termism that exacerbate the environmental crisis; and advocating for the cultural recognition, emancipation and celebration of the diversity and pluralism of human identity. But despite this versatility the Left appears to be in worldwide retreat whilst an aggressive new 'Alt-Right' is taking to the internet and the streets, regurgitating a regressive and patriarchal vision of society that has already won startling political victories in the US and Europe.Amidst the vertiginous tension of such a crisis, Michael Brie argues for an urgent theoretical and practical reorganisation of the Left. Developing the work of philosopher and social theorist Karl Polanyi, Brie advocates an alliance of socialist li
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781551646015
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Black Rose Books, (01 May 2017)
- Number of Pages
- 136
- Weight
- 232 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 140 x 13 mm
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