What is happening to the Left? It seems to be dying a slow death.
While many commentors have predicted its demise, the Left has
always defied these bleak prognoses and risen from the ashes in the
most unexpected ways. Nevertheless, we are witnessing today a
global decline in organized movements on the Left, and while social
struggles and rebellious citizens continue to challenge dominant
political regimes, these efforts do not translate into support for
traditional left parties or into the creation of dynamic movements
on the left. Bestselling historian Shlomo Sand argues that the
global decline of the Left is linked to the waning of the idea of
equality that has united citizens in the past and inspired them to
engage in collective action. Sand retraces the evolution of
this idea in a wide-ranging account that includes the Diggers and
Levellers of seventeenth-century England, the French Revolution,
the birth of anarchism and Marxism, the decolonial, feminist and
civil rights revolts, and the left populism of our time. In piecing
together the thinkers and movements that built the Left over
centuries, Sand illuminates the global and transnational dynamics
which pushed them forward, often picking up the gauntlets their
predecessors had laid down. He outlines how they shaped the notion
of equality, while also analysing how they were confronted by its
material reality, and the lessons that they did – or did not –
draw from this. This concise and magisterial history of the
Left will be of interest to anyone interested in the idea of
equality and the fate of one of the most important movements that
has shaped the modern world.
General
Imprint: |
Polity Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
2024 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Shlomo Sand
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Translators: |
Robin Mackay
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Pages: |
271 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5095-5825-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-5095-5825-X |
Barcode: |
9781509558254 |
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