Radical Politics: On the Causes of Contemporary Emancipation

ISBN-13: 9780197528075 / Angielski

Pro Peter D. (Professor in the History of Political Thought

Recenzje

Peter D. Thomas asks perhaps the most fundamental strategic question of radical politics: how can the wide-ranging and various movements for self-emancipation gain power together while also fostering the diversity of aims and strategies that is their core strength and value? This question has gained new urgency in the last decade, Thomas reminds us, as a wave of radical movements sweeps the world, astonishing in their resilience and creativity. It is also an old question, however, and Thomas shows us how we can think with-and not merely venerate-those who have faced it before, above all the Italian communist Antonio Gramsci. This book not only offers new insights to both political theorists and political activists, but also opens a place of dialogue for radical theory and radical practice.

O autorze

Peter D. Thomas is Professor in the History of Political Thought at Brunel University London. He is the author of The Gramscian Moment and serves on the editorial boards of Historical Materialism and the International Gramsci Journal.