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1 online resource (366 pages) |
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SocietyNow Ser |
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SocietyNow Ser
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| Contents |
Intro; Corbynism: A Critical Approach; Contents; Preface; Introduction: TAKING CORBYNISM SERIOUSLY; The Components of Corbynism; A Question of Populism; Our Perspective; What Follows; Chapter 1: Explaining 2017: The Rise and Fall of Austerity Populism; Austerity Populism; The Strange Death of the Deficit; The Ambivalance of '45; 'Some Things Matter More Than Money'; Chapter 2: The Preconditions of Corbynism: On Two-campism; The Immigration Conundrum; From Benn to Blair; 'Two Campism' and the Anti-Imperialist Schema; Stop the War: The Iraq Effect |
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Chapter 3: On the Right Side of History: The Moral Mythology of CorbynismThe Making of a Saint; 'All Forms of Racism'; Both Sides; Chapter 4: Taking Back Control: Corbynism in One Country; It's Obvious, Isn't It?; Alternatives; Value and Social Mediation; 'Hold this Country Back'; Chapter 5: 'Things Can and they Will Change': Class, Postcapitalism and Left Populism; Class and Value Theory; Parliamentary Socialism and the State; The Forces and Relations of Production; From Natural Socialism to National Populism; Chapter 6: The Rigged System: Corbynism and Conspiracy Theory |
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The Rigged System and Personalised CritiqueThe Specificities of Left Antisemitism; The Casting of Doubt; Left-Right Crossover; Conclusion: A Politics of Pessimism; ENdNotes; Preface; Introduction: TAKING CORBYNISM SERIOUSLY; Chapter 1: Explaining 2017: The Rise and Fall of Austerity Populism; Chapter 2: The Preconditions of Corbynism: On Two-campism; Chapter 3: On the Right Side of History: The Moral Mythology of Corbynism; Chapter 4: Taking Back Control: Corbynism in One Country; Chapter 5: 'Things Can and they Will Change': Class, Postcapitalism and Left Populism |
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Chapter 6: The Rigged System: Corbynism and Conspiracy TheoryConclusion: A Politics of Pessimism; Index |
| Summary |
Corbynism as a political movement is now in the ascendency, and, conceivably, is also on the verge of power. This book provides a critical overview of what Corbynism is, above and beyond Jeremy Corbyn himself, placing it within the context of populist left and right movements that have taken hold across the globe |
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Print version record |
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Capitalism.
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Socialism.
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Capitalism
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Socialism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pitts, Frederick Harry
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| ISBN |
9781787543690 |
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1787543692 |
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