ISBN: 9780745656564

The United States today cries out for a robust, self-respecting, intellectually sophisticated left, yet the very idea of a left appears to have been discredited. In this brilliant new boo… Mehr…

The United States today cries out for a robust, self-respecting, intellectually sophisticated left, yet the very idea of a left appears to have been discredited. In this brilliant new book, Eli Zaretsky rethinks the idea by examining three key moments in American history: the Civil War, the New Deal and the range of New Left movements in the 1960s and after including the civil rights movement, the women's movement and gay liberation.In each period, he argues, the active involvement of the left - especially its critical interaction with mainstream liberalism - proved indispensable. American liberalism, as represented by the Democratic Party, is necessarily spineless and ineffective without a left. Correspondingly, without a strong liberal center, the left becomes sectarian, authoritarian, and worse. Written in an accessible way for the general reader and the undergraduate student, this book provides a fresh perspective on American politics and political history. It has often been said that the idea of a left originated in the French Revolution and is distinctively European; Zaretsky argues, by contrast, that America has always had a vibrant and powerful left. And he shows that in those critical moments when the country returns to itself, it is on its left/liberal bases that it comes to feel most at home. Digital Content>E-books>Current Affairs>World Affairs>World Affairs, Wiley Digital >16<

2013, ISBN: 9780745656564

A Historical Argument, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), 1. Auflage, The United States today cries out for a robust, self-respecting,intellectually sophisticated left, yet the very idea of a… Mehr…

A Historical Argument, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), 1. Auflage, The United States today cries out for a robust, self-respecting,intellectually sophisticated left, yet the very idea of a leftappears to have been discredited. In this brilliant new book, EliZaretsky rethinks the idea by examining three key moments inAmerican history: the Civil War, the New Deal and the range of NewLeft movements in the 1960s and after including the civil rightsmovement, the women's movement and gay liberation.In each period,he argues, the active involvement of the left - especially itscritical interaction with mainstream liberalism - provedindispensable. American liberalism, as represented by theDemocratic Party, is necessarily spineless and ineffective withouta left. Correspondingly, without a strong liberal center, the leftbecomes sectarian, authoritarian, and worse. Written in an accessible way for the general reader and theundergraduate student, this book provides a fresh perspective onAmerican politics and political history. It has often been saidthat the idea of a left originated in the French Revolution and isdistinctively European; Zaretsky argues, by contrast, that Americahas always had a vibrant and powerful left. And he shows that inthose critical moments when the country returns to itself, it is onits left/liberal bases that it comes to feel most at home. [PU: John Wiley & Sons], Seiten: 140, John Wiley & Sons, 2013<

ISBN: 9780745656564

The United States today cries out for a robust, self-respecting, intellectually sophisticated left, yet the very idea of a left appears to have been discredited. In this brilliant new boo… Mehr…

The United States today cries out for a robust, self-respecting, intellectually sophisticated left, yet the very idea of a left appears to have been discredited. In this brilliant new book, Eli Zaretsky rethinks the idea by examining three key moments in American history: the Civil War, the New Deal and the range of New Left movements in the 1960s and after including the civil rights movement, the women's movement and gay liberation.In each period, he argues, the active involvement of the left - especially its critical interaction with mainstream liberalism - proved indispensable. American liberalism, as represented by the Democratic Party, is necessarily spineless and ineffective without a left. Correspondingly, without a strong liberal center, the left becomes sectarian, authoritarian, and worse. Written in an accessible way for the general reader and the undergraduate student, this book provides a fresh perspective on American politics and political history. It has often been said that the idea of a left originated in the French Revolution and is distinctively European; Zaretsky argues, by contrast, that America has always had a vibrant and powerful left. And he shows that in those critical moments when the country returns to itself, it is on its left/liberal bases that it comes to feel most at home.; EPUB; Politics, Philosphy & Religion > Politics & government, Polity Press<

ISBN: 9780745656564

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ISBN: 9780745656564

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