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The Resource Anti-leftist politics in modern world history : avoiding 'socialism' at all costs, Philip B. Minehan, (electronic resource)

Anti-leftist politics in modern world history : avoiding 'socialism' at all costs, Philip B. Minehan, (electronic resource)

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"Systemic and political hostility against the 'left', real and contrived, has been a key, yet under-recognized aspect of the history of the modern world for the past two hundred years. By the 1820s, the new, exploitative and destabilizing character of capitalist industrial production and its accompanying market liberalizations began creating necessities among the working classes and their allies for the new, self-protective politics of 'socialism'. But it is evident that, for the new economic system to sustain itself, such oppositional politics that it necessitated had to be undermined, if not destroyed, by whatever means necessary. Through the imperialism of the later 19th century, and with significant variations, this complex and often highly destructive dialectical syndrome expanded worldwide. Liberals, conservatives, extreme nationalists, fascists, racists, and others have all repeatedly come aggressively and violently into play against 'socialist' oppositions. In this book, Philip Minehan traces the patterns of such hostility and presents numerous crucial examples of it: from Britain, France, Germany and the United States; the British in India; European fascism, the United States and Britain as they operated in China and Indochina; from Kenya, Algeria and Iran; and from Central and South America during the Cold War. In the final chapters, Minehan addresses the post-Cold War, US-led triumphalist wars in the Middle East, the ensuing refugee crises, neo-fascism, and anti-environmentalist politics, to show the ways that the syndrome within which anti-leftist antagonism emerges, in its neoliberal phase since the 1970s, remains as self-destructive and dangerous as ever"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource
Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Specters and realities of anti-leftist politics in great power Europe, 1815 to 1871
  • 2. 1871-1917: the imperial solution
  • 3. Hitler's war? From anti-socialism and anti-bolshevism to another world war, 1917-1939
  • 4. World War Two: from anti-communism to anti-communism, 1939-1945
  • 5. The Cold War: from anti-communism to free market triumphalism, 1945-1991
  • 6. 1991 to the present: the overkill
  • Conclusion: history, tragedy and hope
Isbn
9781350170650
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https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350173002?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
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Label
Anti-leftist politics in modern world history : avoiding 'socialism' at all costs
Title
Anti-leftist politics in modern world history
Title remainder
avoiding 'socialism' at all costs
Statement of responsibility
Philip B. Minehan
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Systemic and political hostility against the 'left', real and contrived, has been a key, yet under-recognized aspect of the history of the modern world for the past two hundred years. By the 1820s, the new, exploitative and destabilizing character of capitalist industrial production and its accompanying market liberalizations began creating necessities among the working classes and their allies for the new, self-protective politics of 'socialism'. But it is evident that, for the new economic system to sustain itself, such oppositional politics that it necessitated had to be undermined, if not destroyed, by whatever means necessary. Through the imperialism of the later 19th century, and with significant variations, this complex and often highly destructive dialectical syndrome expanded worldwide. Liberals, conservatives, extreme nationalists, fascists, racists, and others have all repeatedly come aggressively and violently into play against 'socialist' oppositions. In this book, Philip Minehan traces the patterns of such hostility and presents numerous crucial examples of it: from Britain, France, Germany and the United States; the British in India; European fascism, the United States and Britain as they operated in China and Indochina; from Kenya, Algeria and Iran; and from Central and South America during the Cold War. In the final chapters, Minehan addresses the post-Cold War, US-led triumphalist wars in the Middle East, the ensuing refugee crises, neo-fascism, and anti-environmentalist politics, to show the ways that the syndrome within which anti-leftist antagonism emerges, in its neoliberal phase since the 1970s, remains as self-destructive and dangerous as ever"--
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Minehan, Philip B
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
Bloomsbury eBooks.
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • History, Modern
  • History, Modern
  • Right and left (Political science)
  • Socialism
  • Liberalism
  • Imperialism
  • Communism
  • Fascism
  • Neoliberalism
Label
Anti-leftist politics in modern world history : avoiding 'socialism' at all costs, Philip B. Minehan, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350173002?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Specters and realities of anti-leftist politics in great power Europe, 1815 to 1871 -- 2. 1871-1917: the imperial solution -- 3. Hitler's war? From anti-socialism and anti-bolshevism to another world war, 1917-1939 -- 4. World War Two: from anti-communism to anti-communism, 1939-1945 -- 5. The Cold War: from anti-communism to free market triumphalism, 1945-1991 -- 6. 1991 to the present: the overkill -- Conclusion: history, tragedy and hope
Control code
on1240681228
Extent
1 online resource
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781350170650
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
10.5040/9781350173002
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1240681228
Label
Anti-leftist politics in modern world history : avoiding 'socialism' at all costs, Philip B. Minehan, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350173002?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Specters and realities of anti-leftist politics in great power Europe, 1815 to 1871 -- 2. 1871-1917: the imperial solution -- 3. Hitler's war? From anti-socialism and anti-bolshevism to another world war, 1917-1939 -- 4. World War Two: from anti-communism to anti-communism, 1939-1945 -- 5. The Cold War: from anti-communism to free market triumphalism, 1945-1991 -- 6. 1991 to the present: the overkill -- Conclusion: history, tragedy and hope
Control code
on1240681228
Extent
1 online resource
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781350170650
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
10.5040/9781350173002
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1240681228

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