The Great Regression - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1509522360 ISBN 13: 9781509522361

Publisher: Polity, 2017

Synopsis

We are living through a period of dramatic political change – Brexit, the election of Trump, the rise of extreme right movements in Europe and elsewhere, the resurgence of nationalism and xenophobia and a concerted assault on the liberal values and ideals associated with cosmopolitanism and globalization. Suddenly we find ourselves in a world that few would have imagined possible just a few years ago, a world that seems to many to be a move backwards. How can we make sense of these dramatic developments and how should we respond to them? Are we witnessing a worldwide rejection of liberal democracy and its replacement by some kind of populist authoritarianism?

This timely volume brings together some of the world's greatest minds to analyse and seek to understand the forces behind this 'great regression'. Writers from across disciplines and countries, including Paul Mason, Pankaj Mishra, Slavoj Zizek, Zygmunt Bauman, Arjun Appadurai, Wolfgang Streeck and Eva Illouz, grapple with our current predicament, framing it in a broader historical context, discussing possible future trajectories and considering ways that we might combat this reactionary turn.

The Great Regression is a key intervention that will be of great value to all those concerned about recent developments and wondering how best to respond to this unprecedented challenge to the very core of liberal democracy and internationalism across the world today.

For more information, see: www.thegreatregression.eu

About this title

About the Author:

Heinrich Geiselberger, born 1977 in Waiblingen, Germany, is an editor at the leading German publisher Suhrkamp Verlag.

Review:

"With 15 fresh, riveting essays by notable political analysts and international studies scholars from nearly as many different countries, The Great Regression, Heinrich Geiselberger's new volume addressing the many perilous aspects of global interdependence, is a must-read for anyone curious to know more about the deeper structures at play in contemporary international politics."
Hyperallergic

About this edition

• Publisher: Polity
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1509522360
• ISBN 13: 9781509522361
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220
• Editor: Geiselberger Heinrich