Walk Away
When the Political Left Turns Right
Lee Trepanier editor Grant Havers editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Lexington Books
Published:19th Jul '19
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- Paperback£35.00(9781498595216)
This book examines key twentieth-century philosophers, theologians, and social scientists who began their careers with commitments to the political left only later to reappraise or reject them. Their reevaluation of their own previous positions reveals not only the change in their own thought but also the societal changes in the culture, economics, and politics to which they were reacting. By exploring the evolution of the political thought of these philosophers, this book draws connections among these thinkers and schools and discovers the general trajectory of twentieth-century political thinking in the West.
This is a fine collection of thoughtful, philosophically rigorous, and illuminating studies of major twentieth century leftist thinkers who journeyed rightward. We are offered fascinating and even riveting accounts of radicals coming to grips with and overcoming the dogmas in which they had become immersed. No one, left or right, is immune to the allure of dogma, and this book shows every intellectually serious person the challenge we all face in attaining a genuinely free soul. -- Luigi Bradizza, Salve Regina University
ISBN: 9781498595193
Dimensions: 235mm x 160mm x 21mm
Weight: 490g
202 pages