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New Realism, New Barbarism
Boris Kagarlitsky
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Description for New Realism, New Barbarism
Paperback. This radical overview of the post-communist worldchallenges the political neurosis of the left and argues that Marx's theories are now more timely than ever. Translator(s): Clarke, Renfrey. Num Pages: 176 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: JPFC; JPFF; JPFK; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 215 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
In this radical and controversial overview of the post-communist world, Boris Kagarlitsky argues that the very success of neoliberal capitalism has made traditional socialism all the more necessary and feasible.
Kagarlitsky argues that leftists exaggerate the importance of the 'objective' aspects of the 'new reality' - globalisation - and the weakening of the state, while underestimating the importance of the hegemony of neoliberalism. As long as neoliberalism retains its ideological hegemony, despite its economic failure, the consequence is a 'new barbarism' - already a reality in Eastern Europe, and now also emerging in the West.
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In this radical and controversial overview of the post-communist world, Boris Kagarlitsky argues that the very success of neoliberal capitalism has made traditional socialism all the more necessary and feasible.
Kagarlitsky argues that leftists exaggerate the importance of the 'objective' aspects of the 'new reality' - globalisation - and the weakening of the state, while underestimating the importance of the hegemony of neoliberalism. As long as neoliberalism retains its ideological hegemony, despite its economic failure, the consequence is a 'new barbarism' - already a reality in Eastern Europe, and now also emerging in the West.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745315515
SKU
V9780745315515
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About Boris Kagarlitsky
Boris Kagarlitsky is a Russian Marxist theoretician and sociologist who has been a political dissident in the former Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. He is the author of many books, his latest being The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left. In 2023 he was detained under Putin’s regime for speaking out against the war in ... Read more
Reviews for New Realism, New Barbarism
'This ambitious trilogy by the Russian scholar and activist Boris Kagarlistky offers an intriguing diagnosis of the plight of the Left at a moment when its fortunes may be starting to change for the better'
Times Literary Suplement 'An ambitious assessment of the current state of the left worldwide, offers an antidote to [the] assumption that there is no ... Read more
Times Literary Suplement 'An ambitious assessment of the current state of the left worldwide, offers an antidote to [the] assumption that there is no ... Read more