Title:
Fools, frauds and firebrands : thinkers of the new left
Author:
Publication Date:
2015
Publication Information:
London : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Physical Description:
viii, 296 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781408187333
Abstract:
In a reworking of a book first published in 1985, Scruton begins with a ruthless analysis of New Leftism and concludes with a critique of the key strands in its thinking. He questions what the Left looks like today, examines how has it evolved, and considers whether there be any foundation for resistance to the leftist agenda without religious faith.
Contents:
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?
Language:
English
