Foreign Policy for the Left / Michael Walzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walzer, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Philosophy.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Something that has been needed for decades: a leftist foreign policy with a clear moral basis Foreign policy, for leftists, used to be relatively simple. They were for the breakdown of capitalism and its replacement with a centrally planned economy. They were for the workers against the moneyed interests and for colonized peoples against imperial (Western) powers. But these easy substitutes for thought are becoming increasingly difficult. Neo-liberal capitalism is triumphant, and the workers' movement is in radical decline. National liberation movements have produced new oppressions. A reflexive anti-imperialist politics can turn leftists into apologists for morally abhorrent groups. In Michael Walzer's view, the left can no longer (in fact, could never) take automatic positions but must proceed from clearly articulated moral principles. In this book, adapted from essays published in Dissent, Walzer asks how leftists should think about the international scene-about humanitarian intervention and world government, about global inequality and religious extremism-in light of a coherent set of underlying political values.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction. The Default Position

ONE. Moments in Time

TWO. What Is Left Internationalism?

THREE. In Defense of Humanitarian Intervention

FOUR. Is There an American Empire?

FIVE. Global and Domestic Justice

SIX. World Government and the Politics of Pretending

SEVEN. The Left and Religion

EIGHT. The Complex Formation of Our Battles

Postscript. Can There Be a Decent Left?

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

ISBN:

0-300-23118-0

OCLC:

1017986264