The Radical Left and Social Transformation: Strategies of Augmentation and Reorganization

ISBN-13: 9780367664213 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 234 str.

Robert Latham; Karen Bridget Murray; Julian Von Bargen

Opis

This book re-engages with Marxian thought to analyse the potential for social transformation through a reinvigorated radical Left, within the context of the ascendance of an ethno-nationalist, patriarchal and authoritarian far Right. It was first published as a special issue of Global Discourse.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Augmenting the Left A. T. Kingsmith, Julian von Bargen, Karen Bridget Murray and Robert Latham  2. Contemporary capitalism, uneven development, and the arc of anti-capitalism Robert Latham  3. War as politics: a reply to Latham Arto Artinian  4. Neoliberalism as a historical stage Kojin Karatani  5. Capitalism, imperialism, and modes of exchange: a reply to Karatani Joel Wainwright  6. ‘Life finds a way’: mapping a post-positivist marxian science A. T. Kingsmith and Julian von Bargen  7. Did life find its way? A reply to Kingsmith and von Bargen Athina Karatzogianni  8. Who’s afraid of the people? The debate between political agoraphobia and political agoraphilia Francis Dupuis-Déri  9. Democracy and etceteras: a reply to Dupuis-Déri Žiga Vodovnik  10. Rethinking the left: a view from Latin America Ronaldo Munck  11. Deconstructing Latin American development: postdevelopment critical theory or Marxist political economy?: A reply to Munck Henry Veltmeyer  12. Refugees in Greece: the Greeks as ‘refugees’ Aspasia Velissariou  13. Transcending the nation: a communist strategy in the era of globalization. A reply to Velissariou John Milios  14. The national question, partition and geopolitics in the 21st century: the Cyprus problem, the social question and the politics of reconciliation Nicos Trimikliniotis  15. Domesticating radicalism or radicalising domestic politics? A reply to Trimikliniotis Vasilios Ioakimidis  16. Re-imagining the left through an ecology of the commons: towards a post-capitalist commons transition Michel Bauwens and Jose Ramos  17. Commons manifestos: a reply to Bauwens and Ramos Graham Murdock  18. Strategies for a radical left Kieran Allen  19. Power beyond the state: a reply to Allen Craig Willse  20. Expanding the horizon: for a Libertarian Marxism Michael Löwy and Olivier Besancenot  21. The possibility of a libertarian Marxism? A reply to Löwy and Besancenot Michael D. Yates

O autorze

Robert Latham teaches in the Politics Department at York University, Toronto, Canada. He has published widely on topics including political economy, digital activism, technologies of border surveillance, critical theories of sovereignty, transnational relations, migration, and radical political alternatives. He is the author of Politics of Evasion: A Post-Globalization Dialogue Along the Edge of the State.

Karen Bridget Murray is Associate Professor in the Politics Department at York University, Toronto, Canada. Her research evaluates and theorizes changing forms of modernity with respect to cities, as well as the governance of children and families. Recent publications include articles in BC Studies, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Global Discourse, and Urban Geography.

Julian von Bargen is a Doctoral Candidate in the Politics Department at York University, Toronto, Canada. He employs ethnographic, participatory, and experimental methods to explore how states and societies are reassembling after the Internet. He has published on state surveillance and the information freedom movement.

A. T. Kingsmith teaches in the Politics Department at York University, Toronto, Canada. His research explores the intersections of digital surveillance, social anxiety, and production in urban space. He has published on affect theory, sensory studies, social movements, speculative philosophy, and mixed methodologies.