Postliberal Politics: The Coming Communitarian Con sensus (Paperback)

Hyper-capitalism and extreme identity politics are driving us to distraction. Both destroy the basis of a common life shared across ages and classes. The COVID-19 crisis could accelerate these tendencies further, or it could herald something more hopeful: a post-liberal moment. Adrian Pabst argues that now is the time for an alternative - postliberalism - that is centred around trust, dignity, and human relationships. Instead of reverting to the destabilising inhumanity of 'just-in-time' free-market globalisation, we could build a politics upon the sense of localism and community spirit, the valuing of family, place and belonging, which was a real theme of lockdown. We are not obliged to put up with the restoration of a broken status quo that erodes trust, undermines institutions and trashes our precious natural environment. We could build a pluralist democracy, decentralise the state, and promote embedded, mutualist markets. This bold book shows that only a politics which fuses economic justice with social solidarity and ecological balance can overcome our deep divisions and save us from authoritarian backlash.

General

Imprint:	Polity Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2021
Authors:	A Pabst
Dimensions:	214 x 162 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-1-5095-4681-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Promotions
LSN:	1-5095-4681-2
Barcode:	9781509546817

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