Bibliograph

Fools, frauds and firebrands, thinkers of the new left, Roger Scruton

Type

Label

Fools, frauds and firebrands, thinkers of the new left, Roger Scruton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fools, frauds and firebrands

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

898419090

Responsibility statement

Roger Scruton

Sub title

thinkers of the new left

Summary

"In a previous book published in 1985 as 'Thinkers of the New Left,' [the author] brought together a series of articles from The Salisbury review. [He has] reworked the original articles, cutting out [some] writers, ... and including substantial new material devoted to developments that are increasingly influential"--Introduction

Table Of Contents

What is Left? -- Resentment in Britain : Hobsbawm and Thompson -- Disdain in America : Galbraith and Dworkin -- Liberation in France : Sartre and Foucault -- Tedium in Germany : Downhill to Habermas -- Nonsense in Paris : Althusser, Lacan and Deleuze -- Culture wars worldwide : the New Left from Gramsci to Said -- The Kraken wakes : Badiou and iek -- What is Right?

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