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The Resource A foreign policy for the left, Michael Walzer

A foreign policy for the left, Michael Walzer

Label
A foreign policy for the left
Title
A foreign policy for the left
Statement of responsibility
Michael Walzer
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Foreign policy, for leftists, used to be relatively simple. They were for the breakdown of capitalism and its replacement with a centrally planned economy. They were for the workers against the moneyed interests and for colonized peoples against imperial (Western) powers. But these easy substitutes for thought are becoming increasingly difficult. Neo-liberal capitalism is triumphant, and the workers movement is in radical decline. National liberation movements have produced new oppressions. A reflexive anti-imperialist politics can turn leftists into apologists for morally abhorrent groups. In Michael Walzers view, the left can no longer (in fact, could never) take automatic positions but must proceed from clearly articulated moral principles. In this book, adapted from essays published in Dissent, Walzer asks how leftists should think about the international scene -- about humanitarian intervention and world government, about global inequality and religious extremism -- in light of a coherent set of underlying political values
Writing style
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10618797
Cataloging source
BTCTA
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Walzer, Michael
Dewey number
327.101
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • International relations
  • United States
  • World politics
  • Right and left (Political science)
  • Diplomatic relations
  • International relations
  • Right and left (Political science)
  • World politics
  • United States
Label
A foreign policy for the left, Michael Walzer
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliography (pages 183-192) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : the default position -- Moments in time : getting things right and wrong -- What is left internationalism? -- In defense of humanitarian intervention -- Is there an American empire? -- Global and domestic justice -- World government and the politics of pretending -- The left and religion : the case of Islam -- The complex formation of our battles -- Postscript : can there be a decent left?
Control code
ocn982652243
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xiii, 198 pages
Isbn
9780300223873
Lccn
2017942510
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)982652243
Label
A foreign policy for the left, Michael Walzer
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliography (pages 183-192) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : the default position -- Moments in time : getting things right and wrong -- What is left internationalism? -- In defense of humanitarian intervention -- Is there an American empire? -- Global and domestic justice -- World government and the politics of pretending -- The left and religion : the case of Islam -- The complex formation of our battles -- Postscript : can there be a decent left?
Control code
ocn982652243
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xiii, 198 pages
Isbn
9780300223873
Lccn
2017942510
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)982652243

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