Cancelled : the Left way back from woke / Umut Ozkirimli.
| Author/creator | Ozk r ml , Umut author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge : Polity Press, 2023. |
| Copyright Date | 2023 |
| Description | viii, 228 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | "Right now, someone, somewhere is being cancelled. Off-the-cuff tweets or "harmless" office banter have the potential to wreck lives. The Left condemns the Right and the bigotry of the old elites. The Right complains about brain-dead political correctness. In reality, both sides are colluding in a reactionary politics that is as self-defeating as it is divisive. Can the Left escape this extremism and stay true to the progressive ideals it once professed? In this provocative book, Umut Ozk r ml reveals how the Left has been sucked into a spiral of toxic hatred and outrage-mongering, retreating from the democratic ideals of freedom and pluralism that it purports to represent. Exploring the similarities between right-wing populism and radical identity politics, he sets out an alternative vision. It is only by focusing on our common humanity and working across differences that the Left will find a constructive and consensual way back from "woke."--Amazon. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 9781509550920 |
| ISBN | 9781509550913 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1509550917 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1509550925 (pbk.) |
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