Postliberal Politics: The Coming Era of Renewal

di Adrian Pabst (Autore)

John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2021

Hyper-capitalism and extreme identity politics are driving us to distraction. Both destroy the basis of a common life shared across ages and classes. The COVID-19 crisis could accelerate these tendencies further, or it could herald something more hopeful: a post-liberal moment. Adrian Pabst argues that now is the time for an alternative - postliberalism - that is centred around trust, dignity, and human relationships. Instead of reverting to the destabilising inhumanity of 'just-in-time' free-market globalisation, we could build a politics upon the sense of localism and community spirit, the valuing of family, place and belonging, which was a real theme of lockdown. We are not obliged to put up with the restoration of a broken status quo that erodes trust, undermines institutions and trashes our precious natural environment. We could build a pluralist democracy, decentralise the state, and promote embedded, mutualist markets. This bold book shows that only a politics which fuses economic justice with social solidarity and ecological balance can overcome our deep divisions and save us from authoritarian backlash.

• Autore: Adrian Pabst
• Editore: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Anno: 2021
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 160 p.
• Dimensioni: 213 x 137 mm
• Peso: 318 gr.
• EAN: 9781509546817

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