Radical Social Change in the United States [electronic resource] : Badiou's Apostle and the Post-Factual Moment /
Swanger, Joanna.author.
This book tackles the question of why the United States is so resistant to radical change towards economic justice and peace. Taking full stock of the despair that launched the popular support for Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, Swanger historicizes the political paralysis of post-1974 United States that deepened already severe economic inequalities, asking how the terrain for social movements in the early twenty-first-century US differs from that of the 1960s. This terrain is marked by the entrenchment of neoliberalism, anti-intellectualism, and difficulties paradoxically posed by the ease of social media. Activists now must contend with a paralyzing “post-factual” moment. Alain Badiou’s thought informs this book on breaking through contemporary political paralysis. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Paul: Patron Saint of the Post-Factual  -- The Lure of the Ancient Regime  -- Nothing But The Truth  -- Nothing Cures Malaise Quite Like Torture  -- To Have Seen Too Much: The 1960s and the Turning of the Camera  -- Now What?.
This book tackles the question of why the United States is so resistant to radical change towards economic justice and peace. Taking full stock of the despair that launched the popular support for Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, Swanger historicizes the political paralysis of post-1974 United States that deepened already severe economic inequalities, asking how the terrain for social movements in the early twenty-first-century US differs from that of the 1960s. This terrain is marked by the entrenchment of neoliberalism, anti-intellectualism, and difficulties paradoxically posed by the ease of social media. Activists now must contend with a paralyzing “post-factual” moment. Alain Badiou’s thought informs this book on breaking through contemporary political paralysis. .
Political theory.
United States—Politics and government.
Democracy.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Social justice.
Human rights.
Political Theory.
US Politics.
Democracy.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.