The great regression / edited by Heinrich Geiselberger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Geiselberger, Heinrich, 1977- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

Social history--21st century.

Social history.

Physical Description:

xvi, 197 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2017.

Summary:

We are living through a period of dramatic political change - Brexit, Trump, the rise of extreme right movements in Europe and elsewhere, the resurgence of nationalism and xenophobia and a concerted assault on the liberal values and ideals associated with cosmopolitanism and globalization. Suddenly we find ourselves in a world that few would have imagined possible just a few years ago, a world that seems to many to be a move backwards. How can we make sense of these dramatic developments and how should we respond to them? Are we witnessing a worldwide rejection of liberal democracy and its replacement by some kind of populist authoritarianism? This timely volume brings together fifteen of the world's greatest minds to analyse and seek to understand the forces behind this 'great regression'. They grapple with our current predicament, framing it in a broader historical context, discussing possible future trajectories and considering ways that we might combat this reactionary turn. The Great Regression is a key intervention that will be of great value to all those concerned about recent developments and wondering how best to respond to this unprecedented challenge to the very core of liberal democracy and internationalism across the world today. Book jacket.

Contents:

Democracy fatigue / Arjun Appadurai

Symptoms in search of an object and a name / Zygmunt Bauman

Progressive and regressive politics in late neoliberalism / Donatella della Porta

Progressive neoliberalism versus reactionary populism: a Hobson's choice / Nancy Fraser

From the paradox of liberation to the demise of liberal elites / Eva Illouz

Majoritarian futures / Ivan Krastev

Europe as refuge / Bruno Latour

Overcoming the fear of freedom / Paul Mason

Politics in the age of resentment: the dark legacy of the Enlightenment / Pankaj Mishra

The courage to be audacious / Robert Misik

Decivilization: on regressive tendencies in Western societies / Oliver Nachtwey

From global regression to post-capitalist counter-movements / César Rendueles

The return of the repressed as the beginning of the end of neoliberal capitalism / Wolfgang Streeck

Dear President Juncker / David Van Reybrouck

The populist temptation / Slavoj Žižek.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1509522352

9781509522354

1509522360

9781509522361

OCLC:

968758321

Online:

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