From Left Communism to Post-Modernism: Reconsidering Emancipatory Discourse - Couverture rigide

El-Ojeili, Chamsy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0761825843 ISBN 13 : 9780761825845

Editeur : University Press of America, 2003

Synopsis

From Left Communism to Post-modernism addresses issues of the shape and future of the socialist movement and the politics of post-modernism. The author identifies a tradition of socialist thought-left communism-that is separate from socialist orthodoxy, seeking to stage a conversation between this marginalized tradition and post-modernism. This engagement spans a range of fields of theoretical inquiry, including the role of intellectuals, culture and utopia, the state and nationalism, the interpretation of "really existing socialism", and questions of socialist values. Such a conversation, the author suggests, promises an alternative Left that combines those still-resonant democratic socialist values with a modest post-modern sensibility.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Chamsy el-Ojeili, Ph.D., is a visiting lecturer in Sociology at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of America
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0761825843
• ISBN 13: 9780761825845
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 296
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible