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001 2009045159
003 DLC
005 20100904083410.0
008 091023s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009045159
020 $a9780230236257 (hardback)
020 $a0230236251 (hardback)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn460712485
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dYDXCP$dERASA$dSUC$dDLC
050 00 $aHN49.R33$bW53 2009
082 00 $a303.48/4$222
245 00 $aWhat is radical politics today? /$cEdited by Jonathan Pugh.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2009.
300 $axv, 285 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"A crisis makes you rethink your life. The recent economic crisis is no exception. All of us are now thinking how the world could be run differently. Despite this, a radical alternative has hardly emerged to mobilize the masses. Written for the public and students, this book explores the character and spirit of radical politics in our times"--Provided by publisher.
505 0 $aWhat is radical politics today? / Jonathan Pugh -- pt. 1. Grand visions. Getting to the roots of radical politics today / Zygmunt Bauman -- What happened to radical humanism? / Frank Furedi -- Victim of success: green politics today / Paul Kingsnorth -- Radicalism against the masses / James Heartfield -- Moving targets and political judgements / Terrell Carver -- The forces shaping radical politics today / Clare Short -- Resistance after the spatial turn / Edward W. Soja -- pt. 2. New forms of radical politics. Questioning global political activism / David Chandler -- Rethinking political organisation / Hilary Wainwright -- Iraq, trauma and dissent in visual culture / Dora Apel -- Radicalism, writ large and small / Michael J. Watts -- Continuing the struggle in hard times / Jason Toynbee -- A politics of commitment / James Martin -- Beyond gesture, beyond pragmatism / Jeremy Gilbert and Jo Littler -- Invention and hard work / Doreen Massey -- pt. 3. Diversity and difference. Progressivism reinvigorated / Gregor McLennan -- In defence of multicultural citizenship / Tariq Modood -- New left and old far right: tolerating the intolerable / Nick Cohen -- Clashing the civilisations / Amir Saeed and David Bates -- Radicalism in nostalgia / Alastair Bonnett -- Universal conditions: modern childhood / Ken Worpole -- A new politics of innovation / Sheila Jasanoff -- Universities are radical / Nigel Thrift -- Radical politics after the crisis / Will Hutton -- pt. 4. The role of the state. Anarchism / Saul Newman -- The importance of engaging the state / Chantal Mouffe -- Common-sense beyond the neo-liberal state / David Featherstone -- Democracy, the state and capitalism today / Alejandro Colás and Jason Edwards -- Tackling the supplicant state / David Boyle -- The potential for a progressive state? / Saskia Sassen.
650 0 $aRadicalism$vCase studies.
700 1 $aPugh, Jonathan,$d1974-