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Rethinking Socialism - A Theory for a Better Practice (Hardcover)
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Rethinking Socialism - A Theory for a Better Practice (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Political Thought and Political Philosophy
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First published in 1983. Socialism was generally unpopular in
Britain in the 1980s. The Left needed new ideas and fresh
approaches if it was ever to escape its isolation from the
mainstream of political and cultural life. Rethinking Socialism
brought such a perspective to socialist thought and practice in
Britain. Gavin Kitching contended that the unpopularity of the Left
was not due primarily to the pernicious influence of the press and
media, as many socialists argued, but reflected fundamental changes
in the British social structure and, above all, the simple
incredibility and irrelevance of many socialist beliefs and
policies. He also claims that socialism will continue to be
unpopular so long as it is divorced from the values and concerns of
the majority of British people. Kitching shows how basic and
obvious facts about Britain, and other advanced capitalist
countries, were ignored or wished away, and how crucial lessons of
the Soviet and East European experience had not been learnt. He
argues that radical politics in Britain both reflected and
reinforced a 'ghetto' mentality bred by the Left's political and
intellectual isolation. The book is more than just a critique,
however; it presented as well a more relevant and popular
alternative strategy for the Left. This focused on extending and
deepening political and economic democracy, and aimed to preserve
the benefits which people had derived from capitalism and
parliamentary democracy while extending them and thus transforming
the system that conferred them.
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