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Radical Intellectuals and the Subversion of Progressive Politics is a challenge to contemporary radical politics and political thought. This collection of essays critiques the dominant trends and figures on the left that have distorted the legacy of progr
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Political Philosophy and Public Purpose Series Editor: Michael J. Thompson This series offers books that seek to explore new perspectives in social and political criticism. Seeing contemporary academic political theory and philosophy as largely dominated by hyper-academic and overly technical debates, the books in this series seek to connect the politically engaged traditions of philosophical thought with contemporary social and political life. The idea of philosophy emphasized here is not as an aloof enterprise, but rather a publicly oriented activity that emphasizes rational reflection as well as informed praxis. Against Orthodoxy: Social Theory and Its Discontents by Stanley Aronowitz American Democracy: Theory, Practice, and Critique by Philip Green The Rationalism of Georg Lukács by János Kelemen Radical Intellectuals and the Subversion of Progressive Politics: The Betrayal of Politics edited by Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker and Michael J. Thompson
Radical Intellectuals and the Subversion of Progressive Politics The Betrayal of Politics
Edited by Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker and Michael J. Thompson
RADICAL INTELLECTUALS AND THE SUBVERSION OF PROGRESSIVE POLITICS
Copyright © Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker and Michael J. Thompson, 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-38515-4 All rights reserved.
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Palgrave and Macmillan are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-57047-8 DOI 10.1057/9781137381606
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Radical intellectuals and the subversion of progressive politics : the betrayal of politics / edited by Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker and Michael J. Thompson. pages cm. — (Political philosophy and public purpose) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Liberalism—Philosophy. 2. Politics and culture. 3. Critical theory. 4. Intellectuals—Political activity. I. Smulewicz-Zucker, Gregory R., 1983editor of compilation. II. Thompson, Michael, 1973- editor of compilation. JC574.R34 2015 320.53—dc23 2015016202 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Amnet. First edition: September 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Contents
Acknowledgments
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Introduction 1 The Postmodern Face of American Exceptionalism Shadia Drury 2 Postmodernism and the Corruption of the Critical Intelligentsia John Sanbonmatsu 3 Inventing the “Political”: Arendt, Antipolitics, and the Deliberative Turn in Contemporary Politi
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