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What's Left?: Radical Politics and the Radical Psyche
What's Left Radical Politics and the Radical Psyche Author:Michael Neumann 'What's Left?' is at once a mocking critique of Western radicalism and an attempt to redeem the left from the embarrassment it has brought on itself. The author shows how the confusion among political activists of political success with personal growth produces a convoluted egotism: "The sin of the left was not the impurity of its altruism but t... more »he dishonesty of its selfishness". Yet Neumann also argues that left-wing politics is essential to social progress: "Radicalism has been absurdly misused, but to reject it on those grounds is like rejecting cars because of the way twelve year olds drive them."« less