| A Left for Itself: Left-Wing Hobbyists and Performative Radicalism Contributor(s): Swift, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1789040736 ISBN-13: 9781789040739 Publisher: Zero Books OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Political Science | Comparative Politics - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
| Dewey: 320.5 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'David Swift rides a coach and horses through the self-indulgence, radical chic and bloviating of too much of today's British left.' Professor John Bew, author of Citizen Clem, winner of the Orwell Prize 2017In the first full length analysis of the rise of left-wing hobbyists, performative radicals and the 'Identity Left', A Left for Itself interrogates the connection between socio-economic realities and politico-cultural views and boldly asks what is a worthy politics, one for the follower count or one for effecting change. |
Contributor Bio(s): Swift, David: - David Swift is the Kreitman post-doctoral fellow at Ben Gurion University, in the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He has published in journals including the History Workshop Journal and the Women's History Review, as well as writing for The Independent and LabourList. Swift has taught at Queen Mary University of London and the University of Central Lancashire. He lives in Cambridge, UK. |