Other People's Politics

Name: Other People's Politics (eBook)
Brand: Zer0 Books
SKU: 385881
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Other People's Politics

Populism to Corbynism

J. A. Smith

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How did Trump and Brexit go from laughable impossibilities to everyday reality? Why did digital media stop being cool and progressive, and become a reactionary, brainwashing nightmare? And, how did the Left get its act together and start winning again? From right to left, Other People's Politics is the indispensable guide to post-2016 life. 'Other People's Politics is to contemporary political debates what Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own was to early feminism: a call for progressives to work tirelessly so that everyone is granted the material conditions necessary for reading a difficult book like James Joyce's Ulysses, if they choose to.' Yanis Varoufakis, former Minister of Finance in Greece's SYRIZA government

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Communism, Post-Communism & SocialismPolitical IdeologiesPolitical ScienceAll Other NonfictionCultural & SocialAnthropologySocial SciencePoliticalPhilosophy

Pages176

Released2019

LanguageEnglish

PublisherZer0 Books

ISBN9781782792055

SellerSimon & Schuster

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Other People’s Politics is both a fascinating analysis of the populist discourses used by both left and right, and a considered deconstruction of the term ‘populism’ itself. Smith’s detailed and comprehensive analysis is a welcome contribution to the debate on the dangers and opportunities of populist politics. As left movements around the world increasingly make use of discourses that pit working people against elites, Other People’s Politics is recommended reading for socialist activists and organisers seeking to construct a populism from the left.