Ideology and the Future of Progressive Social Movements

Ideology and the Future of Progressive Social Movements
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 130
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ISBN-10 : 9781783487943
ISBN-13 : 1783487941
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Book Synopsis Ideology and the Future of Progressive Social Movements by : Rafal Soborski

Download or read book Ideology and the Future of Progressive Social Movements written by Rafal Soborski and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last decades have witnessed a steady increase in popular discontent with prevailing neoliberal approaches to economy, policy and society. And yet neoliberalism remains dominant, even in the context of the ongoing financial crisis. The anti-neoliberal movement seems disorientated. Typical explanations of this current contradicatory situation highlight that anti-neoliberal movements are unwilling to commit to a policy programme, enact effective political tactics, or challenge state institutions. This book argues that a more deep-seated problem lies at the heart of these deficiencies: how the movement approaches the role of ideology in political action. Reflecting a widely-held belief that ours is a post-ideological age, ideology has been marginalized or altogether rejected by the majority of the movement’s activists and intellectuals. The dismissal of ideology has hindered the politics of resistance and it now becomes clear that a firm ideological vision is what activists urgently require to defy neoliberal domination. This book shows the useful nature of ideology, by exploring continuities between current anti-neoliberal positions and well-known past ideological arguments that changed the world.


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