The Conformist Rebellion
Marxist Critiques of the Contemporary Left
Zusammenfassung
With the rise of myriad forms of identity politics which corresponds to a new “Trinity Formula” of leftist analysis of capitalism (class, race, and gender), major currents in the contemporary radical left in the past decades have shifted their aim. This book addresses the ideological, theoretical, and practical dilemmas of the contemporary academic and activist left from a Marxist standpoint.
Covering contemporary developments in Left thought and ideology and putting them into social and historical context, the chapters provide a theoretical confrontation with the myriad ways it has tended to accommodate itself to neoliberal ideology, rather than fundamentally opposing it.
The contrast between the Marxian emancipatory project and what the progressive left has made of it has never been more glaring than now, a time in which capital no longer seems to confront a political barrier. It is this predicament that The Conformist Rebellion evaluates, for a renewed approach to emancipation from capital.
Schlagworte
Gender Neoliberalism Politics Public Health Political Philosophy Lockdown cancel culture MarxismKeywords
populism fascism labour movement- i–xxxvi Preface i–xxxvi
- 95–172 Part II: The Culture of the Conformist Rebellion—Culture Wars, Identity Politics, and Art 95–172
- 251–276 Bibliography 251–276
- 277–288 Index 277–288
- 289–290 Author Biographies 289–290