Fools, frauds and firebrands thinkers of the new left
Scruton, Roger
Fools, frauds and firebrands thinkers of the new left - London Bloomsbury 2015
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
What is Left? -- Resentment in Britain : Hobsbawm and Thompson -- Disdain in America : Galbraith and Dworkin -- Liberation in France : Sartre and Foucault -- Tedium in Germany : Downhill to Habermas -- Nonsense in Paris : Althusser, Lacan and Deleuze -- Culture wars worldwide : the New Left from Gramsci to Said -- The Kraken wakes : Badiou and Žižek -- What is Right?
"In a previous book published in 1985 as 'Thinkers of the New Left,' [the author] brought together a series of articles from The Salisbury review. [He has] reworked the original articles, cutting out [some] writers, ... and including substantial new material devoted to developments that are increasingly influential"--Introduction.
1408187337 9781472935953
New Left.
Right and left (Philosophy)
Right and left (Political science)
New Left.
HX73 / .S422 2015
Fools, frauds and firebrands thinkers of the new left - London Bloomsbury 2015
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
What is Left? -- Resentment in Britain : Hobsbawm and Thompson -- Disdain in America : Galbraith and Dworkin -- Liberation in France : Sartre and Foucault -- Tedium in Germany : Downhill to Habermas -- Nonsense in Paris : Althusser, Lacan and Deleuze -- Culture wars worldwide : the New Left from Gramsci to Said -- The Kraken wakes : Badiou and Žižek -- What is Right?
"In a previous book published in 1985 as 'Thinkers of the New Left,' [the author] brought together a series of articles from The Salisbury review. [He has] reworked the original articles, cutting out [some] writers, ... and including substantial new material devoted to developments that are increasingly influential"--Introduction.
1408187337 9781472935953
New Left.
Right and left (Philosophy)
Right and left (Political science)
New Left.
HX73 / .S422 2015