Syriza in Power

Reflections of an Accidental Politician

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvCostas Douzinas,University of London) Douzinas, Costas (Birkbeck

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Amid the turmoil of economic crisis, Greece has become the first European experiment of left rule in a sea of neoliberalism. What happens when a government of the Left, committed to social justice and the reversal of austerity, is blackmailed into following policies it has fought against and strongly opposes? What can the experience of the Syriza government tell us about the prospects for the Left in the twenty-first century?In this engaging and provocative book, Costas Douzinas uses his position as an 'accidental politician', unexpectedly propelled from academia into the world of Greek politics as a Syriza MP, to answer these urgent questions. He examines the challenges facing Syriza since its ascent to power in 2015 and draws out the theoretical and political lessons from one of the boldest and most difficult experiments in governing from the Left in an age of neoliberalism and austerity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-06-30
Mått140 x 216 x 25 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor180
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781509511570

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Prologue: The Accidental PoliticianA. Resistance Rising1. From Utopia to Dystopia and Resistance, a Short Run2. Hunger Strikers and Hunger Artists3. Radical Philosophy Encounters Syriza4. A Philosophy of ResistanceB. Syriza Agonistes5. A Very European Coup6. Contradiction is the Name of the Governing LeftC. Reflections on Life as Politician7. Welcome To The Desert Of Disorderly Order8. Learning from Ideology9. The Curious Incident of the Missing TV LicensesD. The Moral Advantage of the Left10. The Ethos of the Left11. Greeks or Europeans?12. The Euro, the Sacred and the HolyE. Left History13. The Left and the Philosophy Of History14. 1949, 1969, 1989: The Cycles of HistoryF. From Grexit to Brexit15. Putting the Demos On Stage16. Grexit and Brexit, Oxi and Leave17. Brexit and EuroscepticismG. Finis Europae18. Finis Europae?19. The Left and the Future of EuropeH. Cities of Refuge20. Europe Between Two Infant Deaths21. Human Rights For MartiansNotes

"What a rare and wonderful book! Douzinas reflects with searing honesty on the challenges facing left parties trying to govern and protect embattled nations in an age of financialization and globalization. Because he is one of the most perspicacious critical legal and political theorists of our time, he has also offered a brilliant set of political theoretical meditations. By turns ironic, tragic, caustic and moving, Syriza in Power is essential reading for serious leftists everywhere."Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley "While the Syriza government, elected in 2015 in Greece, was teaching the world a lesson of courage and fidelity, Costas Douzinas, its "professor elect", was teaching a lesson of lucidity, intelligence and imagination. Above all, he makes plain that, in the darkest hour, history is not finished, because the resistance is rooted in the life and ideals of the people itself. Whether one entirely agrees or not with Douzinas' "left Euroscepticism that can save Europe", his politics of truth will prove immensely helpful." Étienne Balibar, Kingston University