The Right-Wing Mirror of Critical Theory
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The Right-Wing Mirror of Critical Theory

Studies of Schmitt, Oakeshott, Hayek, Strauss, and Rand

  1. 255 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Right-Wing Mirror of Critical Theory

Studies of Schmitt, Oakeshott, Hayek, Strauss, and Rand

About this book

What really separates emancipatory thinking from its opposite? The prevailing Left defines itself against neoliberalism, conservative traditionalism, and fascism as a matter of course. The philosophical differences, however, may be more apparent than real. The Right-Wing Mirror of Critical Theory argues that dominant trends in critical and radical theory inadvertently reproduce the cardinal tenets of the twentieth century's most influential right-wing philosophers. It finds the rejection of foundationalism, rationalism, economic planning, and vanguardism mirrored in the work of Schmitt, Oakeshott, Hayek, and Strauss. If it is to be more than merely an inverted image of the Right, critical theory must reevaluate its relationship to what Julius Nyerere once called "deliberate design" in politics. In the era of anthropogenic climate change, a substantial-not merely nominal-departure from right-wing talking points is all the more necessary and momentous.

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Information

Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781978786103
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. Intelligent Design in Politics from Right to Left
  6. The Fascist and His Shadow
  7. Oakeshott and the Purpose of Politics
  8. Hayek’s Game
  9. Strauss and the Vanguard
  10. Limits of Reason or Distortion of Reason?
  11. Appendix
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index
  14. About the Author