Locating the Left in Difficult Times Framing a Political Discourse f
This book investigates notions of the individual, society, the state, economic relations and historical change that exist in the political left by drawing on contemporary philosophical, political and social thought. Using a discourse perspective, this wor
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Locating the Left in Difficult Times
Gordon Hak
Locating the Left in Difficult Times Framing a Political Discourse for the Present
Gordon Hak History Vancouver Island University Nanaimo, BC Canada
ISBN 978-3-319-54342-0 ISBN 978-3-319-54343-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-54343-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017936343 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Cover design by Henry Petrides Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
This book developed out of my engagement over the past decades with the history of labour, the working class, and the left in Canada. It was clear that it was impossible to understand what was going in Canada without an awareness of the rest of the world. After all, the ideas and practices of wage labour and capitalism, as well as the social-democratic, communist, and trade union responses, were not inventions of the Canadian settler society. But by the same token, what happened in Canada over the past two hundred years was similar to developments in other regions. Indeed, insights into social and economic relations in Canada were pertinent to understanding what was happening throughout the developing industrial and democratic world. It was not that Canada was at the cutting edge, but rather that the institutions, social relations, intellectual debates, and historical understandings could be seen, despite local variations, as being cut from the same cloth: the history of liberal capitalism and its antagonist, the left. What follows is not a discussion of Canada; it is a look at the broader world from the entry point of
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