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The Right-Wing Mirror of Critical Theory
Studies of Schmitt, Oakeshott, Hayek, Strauss, and Rand
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2023
Summary
What really separates emancipatory thinking from its opposite? The prevailing Left defines itself against neoliberalism, conservative traditionalism, and fascism as a matter of course. The philosophical differences, however, may be more apparent than real. The Right-Wing Mirror of Critical Theory argues that dominant trends in critical and radical theory inadvertently reproduce the cardinal tenets of the twentieth century’s most influential right-wing philosophers. It finds the rejection of foundationalism, rationalism, economic planning, and vanguardism mirrored in the work of Schmitt, Oakeshott, Hayek, and Strauss. If it is to be more than merely an inverted image of the Right, critical theory must reevaluate its relationship to what Julius Nyerere once called “deliberate design” in politics. In the era of anthropogenic climate change, a substantial—not merely nominal—departure from right-wing talking points is all the more necessary and momentous.
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1/2023
Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-2963-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-2964-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
244
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 16
Intelligent Design in Politics from Right to Left No access Pages 17 - 58
The Fascist and His Shadow No access Pages 59 - 82
Oakeshott and the Purpose of Politics No access Pages 83 - 104
Hayek’s Game No access Pages 105 - 156
Strauss and the Vanguard No access Pages 157 - 182
Limits of Reason or Distortion of Reason? No access Pages 183 - 196
