Against the Self-Righteous
How we can do better for solidarity and the common good
by Sahra Wagenknecht
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Solidarity, not selfishness
Urban, cosmopolitan, individualistic—for many people today, to be on the left has become a question of lifestyle. What is missing are political concepts for social solidarity that benefit low-earning women, poor migrant children, exploited temporary workers, and large sections of the middle class. In both Europe and the United States, an obsession with pronouns rather than equal opportunities and a dismissive attitude to culture and a sense of community risks alienating the left from large sections of the population while playing into the hands of the far right. In her new book, Sahra Wagenknecht outlines an alternative to a kind of left-liberalism that considers itself progressive, but in reality only deepens social divisions by being interested only in elite concerns and not taking social background seriously as a source of inequality. Here is a program to build a majority on the political left—for solidarity, not selfishness.
• A new book by the bestselling author
• Develops Sahra Wagenknecht’s idea of a “left conservatism”
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Author Biography
A politician and writer, Sahra Wagenknecht also holds a doctorate in economics. She is a member of the German Bundestag (and formerly of the European Parliament) for the Left Party (Die Linke), of which she was deputy chair from 2010 to 2014. From 2011 to 2015 she was deputy leader and from 2015 to 2019 leader of the Left parliamentary party before retiring from a leadership role to think freely and write more. Campus has published her Ph.D. thesis, The Limits of Choice, as well as her books Freiheit statt Kapitalismus (Freedom, not Capitalism; 2012) and Reichtum ohne Gier (Wealth Without Greed; 2016/2018).
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- Publisher Campus
- Publication Date April 2021
- Orginal LanguageGerman
- ISBN/Identifier 9783593513904
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 24.95 EUR
- Pages320
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleDie Selbstgerechten
- Copyright Year2021
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