Cancelled: The Left Way Back from Woke (Paperback)

Right now, someone, somewhere is being cancelled. Off-the-cuff tweets or "harmless" office banter have the potential to wreck lives. The Left condemns the Right, and the bigotry of the old elites. The Right complains about brain-dead political correctness, and the erosion of liberal values. In reality, both sides are colluding in a reactionary, exclusionary politics that is as self-defeating as it is divisive. Can the Left escape this extremism and stay true to the progressive ideals it once professed? In this provocative book, Umut OEzkirimli reveals how the Left has been sucked into a spiral of toxic hatred and outrage-mongering, retreating from the democratic ideals of freedom, tolerance and pluralism that it purports to represent. Exploring the similarities between right-wing populism and radical identity politics, he sets out an alternative vision. It is only by focusing on our common humanity and working across differences that the Left will successfully find a constructive and consensual way back from "woke".

General

Imprint:	Polity Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2023
First published:	2022
Authors:	U. Ozkirimli
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-5095-5092-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
LSN:	1-5095-5092-5
Barcode:	9781509550920

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