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Rebuilding the Left
Marta Harnecker
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Description for Rebuilding the Left
Paperback. Answers the question, what future is there for the left, faced with the challenges of the twenty-first century? This book addresses the crisis facing the left. It offers hope to those who believe that we can build a different world. It is aimed at activists as well as Latin American scholars. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPFF; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 218 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
What future is there for the left, faced with the challenges of the twenty-first century? Based on a lifetime's experience in politics, Marta Harnecker addresses the crisis facing the left today. At its heart, this book is a critique of social democratic realpolitik. Harnecker reminds us that, contrary to today's orthodoxy, politics is not the art of the possible but the art of making the impossible possible by building a social and political force capable of changing reality. She believes that the social experiments being carried out in Latin America today hold out hope that an alternative to ... Read more
What future is there for the left, faced with the challenges of the twenty-first century? Based on a lifetime's experience in politics, Marta Harnecker addresses the crisis facing the left today. At its heart, this book is a critique of social democratic realpolitik. Harnecker reminds us that, contrary to today's orthodoxy, politics is not the art of the possible but the art of making the impossible possible by building a social and political force capable of changing reality. She believes that the social experiments being carried out in Latin America today hold out hope that an alternative to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842772577
SKU
V9781842772577
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About Marta Harnecker
Marta Harnecker is a sociologist, political scientist, journalist and activist. After studying with Louis Althusser in Paris she returned to her native Chile, but was forced into exile following the military coup against Salvador Allende’s government. In Cuba she ran the research institute Memoria Popular Latinoamerica (MEPLA) and continues to write. She has published over 60 books to ... Read more
Reviews for Rebuilding the Left
'This book is an illuminating overview of the revolutionary left, particularly in Latin America, and its failings in the second part of the 20th century. Essential reading for all those who are trying to revive the left to meet new challenges.' Samir Amin ‘Full of observations, analyses and reflections which are extremely useful for the times we live ... Read more