Politic’s Exclusive Post Left
THE post-left:
First, commitment to the democracy of the left, as part of the more fundamental commitment to a pluralist democratic society overall, should serve as a caution against stipulatively narrowing the scope of the left by excluding from it large numbers of people – whole categories of them, in fact – just because they disagree with you. The left does have its boundaries, to be sure, but these have always been more far-flung and accommodating than the practice of issuing mutual anathemas has wanted to allow. Within some limits, therefore – but they must be limits of an expansive and generous kind – we should leave the business of departure from the left to those departing and not attempt to impose it on political opponents by a definitional act.
Posted: 21st, April 2008 | In: Reviews Comments (2) | TrackBack | Permalink
