Radical Relevance: Toward a Scholarship of the Whole LeftLaura Gray-Rosendale, Steven Rosendale SUNY Press, 2005 M01 20 - 274 pages In an effort to rethink the left, this interdisciplinary collection weaves together some of today s most powerful voices in contemporary left critical thought as they examine the fragmentation of American movements for social change, evaluate what critical scholarship might contribute to the task of renewing (or creating) a more unified and efficacious left, and explore the left s possibly inadequate dealings with many marginalized groups. Representing a diverse range of theoretical perspectives within several textual disciplines, the essays assess historical, practical, or speculative models for a whole left a left constituted by a broad range of complexly interwoven interests, including issues of class, environment, gender, sexuality, disability, race, and ethnicity. The book exemplifies the struggles of scholars to work toward a more shared agenda for social change. |
Contents
BLACK NATIONALIST IDENTITY AND INTERNATIONALIST CLASS UNITY THE POLITICAL AND CULTURAL LEGACY OF MARXISM A... | 3 |
RACE CLASS AND COMMUNISM THE YOUNG RALPH ELLISON AND THE WHOLE LEFT Barbara Foley | 31 |
TOWARD A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RHETORIC OR A RHETORIC OF POLITICAL ECONOMY Victor Villanueva | 57 |
THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CIRCLE AMERICAN INDIANS AND PROGRESSIVE POLITICS Scott Richard Lyons | 69 |
RECONCILING RED AND GREEN Michael Bennett | 85 |
A MONSTROUS EMERGEAGENCY CRIPPING THE WHOLE LEFT Brenda Jo Brueggemann Wendy L Chrisman Marian E Lupo | 103 |
WHAT THE LEFT LEFT OUT Derek Owens | 124 |
GLOBALIZING DISSENT AND RADICALIZING DEMOCRACY POLITICS PEDAGOGY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CRITICAL INTELLE... | 141 |
TOWARD A CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY OF PRAXIS Noah De Lissovoy Peter McLaren | 160 |
GLOBALLOCAL LABOR POLITICS AND THE PROMISE OF SERVICE LEARNING Wendy S Hesford | 183 |
BETWEEN SCHOOL AND WORK CLASSROOM AND CLASS Evan Watkins | 203 |
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE Mark Wood | 213 |
FEMINISMS AND THE LEFT A DISCUSSION WITH LINDA MARTIN ALCOFF Laura GrayRosendale | 238 |
EDITOR BIOGRAPHIES | 257 |
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