Liberal Progressivism
Politics and Class in the Age of Neoliberalism and Climate Change
- 164 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
In Liberal Progressivism, Gordon Hak makes the case for the value of theory and philosophy in understanding the day-to-day political realm of elections, politicians, scandals, fund-raising, and law-making. Running through the book is the big question of how political attitudes and actions are philosophically grounded: why do people believe what they do?
Framed as a debate between liberal progressivism and the Marxist-informed left, and between liberal progressives and the non-university-educated working class, an informant named "Gord" is introduced. Drawing on his life experience he acts as a guide into the worlds of liberal progressivism, the non-university-educated working class, and the Marxist-informed intellectual-left modes of existence that he has personally experienced. In 11 chapters, the book presents an appreciation of nonbinary relationships, open-ended dialectics, complex systems and equilibrium theory, and the importance of emotions in political life.
Through a transdisciplinary approach, the book delves into the interconnecting the worlds of politics, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, history, and epistemology to produce a celebration of political theory which deserves to be widely read by students, scholars and activists.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Locating Liberal Progressivism
- 3 Apparatuses of Analysis, or How You See Is What You Get
- 4 A World of Work in the 1970s
- 5 Engaging With Radicals and Radicalism
- 6 Among Liberal Progressives
- 7 The Economy and Capitalism
- 8 Identity, Inclusion, Diversity, Immigration, and Fundamentalism
- 9 Environmentalism and Climate Change
- 10 Ideological Struggle, Movement Politics, and Activists
- 11 Final Words
- Index