Fools, frauds and firebrands : thinkers of the New Left
Scruton, Roger2015
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Place reservation for Fools, frauds and firebrands : thinkers of the New LeftThe thinkers who have been most influential on the attitudes of the New Left are examined in this study by one of the leading critics of leftist orientations in modern Western civilization. Scruton begins with a ruthless analysis of New Leftism and concludes with a critique of the key strands in its thinking. He conducts a reappraisal of such major left-wing thinkers as: E.P. Thompson, Ronald Dworkin, R.D. Laing, Jurgen Habermas, Gyorgy Lukacs, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jacques Derrida, Slavoj Zizek, Ralph Milliband and Eric Hobsbawm. In addition to assessments of these thinkers' philosophical and political contributions, the book contains a biographical and bibliographical section summarizing their careers and most important writings.
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Fools, frauds and firebrands : thinkers of the New Left / Roger Scruton.
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London : Bloomsbury Continuum, 2015.
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304 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781408187333 (hbk)
Dewey class:
320.5320.5
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English
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BRN:
1820196
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