What is radical politics today?
By: [edited by] Jonathan Pugh.
Contributors: Pugh, Jonathan, 1974-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230236257
Subjects: Radicalism -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: What is Radical Politics Today?; title: J.PughPART I: GRAND VISIONSGetting to the Roots of Radical Politics Today; title: Z.BaumanWhat Happened to Radical Humanism?; title: F.FurediVictim of Success: Green Politics Today; title: P.KingsnorthRadicalism Against the Masses; title: J.HeartfieldMoving Targets and Political Judgements; title: T.CarverThe Forces Shaping Radical Politics Today; title: C.ShortResistance after the Spatial Turn; title: E.W.SojaPART II: NEW FORMS OF RADICAL POLITICSQuestioning Global Political Activism; title: D.ChandlerRethinking Political Organization; title: H.WainwrightIraq, Trauma and Dissent in Visual Culture; title: D.ApelRadicalism, Writ Large and Small; title: M.J.WattsContinuing the Struggle in Hard Times; title: J.ToynbeeA Politics of Commitment; title: J.MartinBeyond Gesture, Beyond Pragmatism; title: J.Gilbert & J.LittlerInvention and Hard Work; title: D.MasseyPART III: DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCEProgressivism Reinvigorated; title: G.McLennanIn Defense of Multicultural Citizenship; title: T.ModoodNew Left and Old Far Right: Tolerating the Intolerable; title: N.CohenClashing the Civilizations; title: A.Saeed & D.BatesRadicalism is Nostalgia; title: A.BonnettUniversal Conditions: Modern Childhood; title: K.WorpoleA New Politics of Innovation; title: S.JasanoffUniversities are Radical; title: N.ThriftPART IV: THE ROLE OF THE STATEAnarchism; title: S.NewmanThe Importance of Engaging the State; title: C.MouffeCommon-Sense Beyond the Neo-Liberal State; title: D.FeatherstoneDemocracy, the State and Capitalism Today; title: A.Colás & J.EdwardsTackling the Supplicant State; title: D.BoyleThe Potential for a Progressive State?; title: S.Sassen What is Radical Politics Today?; title: J.PughPART I: GRAND VISIONSGetting to the Roots of Radical Politics Today; title: Z.BaumanWhat Happened to Radical Humanism?; title: F.FurediVictim of Success: Green Politics Today; title: P.KingsnorthRadicalism Against the Masses; title: J.HeartfieldMoving Targets and Political Judgements; title: T.CarverThe Forces Shaping Radical Politics Today; title: C.ShortResistance after the Spatial Turn; title: E.W.SojaPART II: NEW FORMS OF RADICAL POLITICSQuestioning Global Political Activism; title: D.ChandlerRethinking Political Organization; title: H.WainwrightIraq, Trauma and Dissent in Visual Culture; title: D.ApelRadicalism, Writ Large and Small; title: M.J.WattsContinuing the Struggle in Hard Times; title: J.ToynbeeA Politics of Commitment; title: J.MartinBeyond Gesture, Beyond Pragmatism; title: J.Gilbert & J.LittlerInvention and Hard Work; title: D.MasseyPART III: DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCEProgressivism Reinvigorated; title: G.McLennanIn Defense of Multicultural Citizenship; title: T.ModoodNew Left and Old Far Right: Tolerating the Intolerable; title: N.CohenClashing the Civilizations; title: A.Saeed & D.BatesRadicalism is Nostalgia; title: A.BonnettUniversal Conditions: Modern Childhood; title: K.WorpoleA New Politics of Innovation; title: S.JasanoffUniversities are Radical; title: N.ThriftPART IV: THE ROLE OF THE STATEAnarchism; title: S.NewmanThe Importance of Engaging the State; title: C.MouffeCommon-Sense Beyond the Neo-Liberal State; title: D.FeatherstoneDemocracy, the State and Capitalism Today; title: A.Colás & J.EdwardsTackling the Supplicant State; title: D.BoyleThe Potential for a Progressive State?; title: S.Sassen.