The Great Regression
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The Great Regression

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The Great Regression

About this book

We are living through a period of dramatic political change – Brexit, the election of Trump, the rise of extreme right movements in Europe and elsewhere, the resurgence of nationalism and xenophobia and a concerted assault on the liberal values and ideals associated with cosmopolitanism and globalization. Suddenly we find ourselves in a world that few would have imagined possible just a few years ago, a world that seems to many to be a move backwards. How can we make sense of these dramatic developments and how should we respond to them? Are we witnessing a worldwide rejection of liberal democracy and its replacement by some kind of populist authoritarianism?

This timely volume brings together some of the world's greatest minds to analyse and seek to understand the forces behind this 'great regression'. Writers from across disciplines and countries, including Paul Mason, Pankaj Mishra, Slavoj Zizek, Zygmunt Bauman, Arjun Appadurai, Wolfgang Streeck and Eva Illouz, grapple with our current predicament, framing it in a broader historical context, discussing possible future trajectories and considering ways that we might combat this reactionary turn.

The Great Regression is a key intervention that will be of great value to all those concerned about recent developments and wondering how best to respond to this unprecedented challenge to the very core of liberal democracy and internationalism across the world today.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. 1: Democracy fatigue
  8. 2: Symptoms in search of an object and a name
  9. 3: Progressive and regressive politics in late neoliberalism
  10. 4: Progressive neoliberalism versus reactionary populism: a Hobson's choice
  11. 5: From the paradox of liberation to the demise of liberal elites
  12. 6: Majoritarian futures
  13. 7: Europe as refuge
  14. 8: Overcoming the fear of freedom
  15. 9: Politics in the age of resentment: the dark legacy of the Enlightenment
  16. 10: The courage to be audacious
  17. 11: Decivilization: on regressive tendencies in Western societies
  18. 12: From global regression to post-capitalist counter-movements
  19. 13: The return of the repressed as the beginning of the end of neoliberal capitalism
  20. 14: Dear President Juncker
  21. 15: The populist temptation
  22. End User License Agreement