The democratic modernity of the left: goodbye to the revolution?

Left-wing intellectuals and political parties, in current times, have made democracy the main theme of their theoretical concerns and the central issue of their political agenda. As an English sociologist recently observed, "the left has surrendered to democracy." Reflecting on political c...

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Main Author: Toledo, Caio Navarro de
Format: Online
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas 1994
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Online Access:https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/cma/article/view/18752
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Summary:Left-wing intellectuals and political parties, in current times, have made democracy the main theme of their theoretical concerns and the central issue of their political agenda. As an English sociologist recently observed, "the left has surrendered to democracy." Reflecting on political culture in the capitalist West, P. Hirst concludes that "the intellectual left in Europe and the USA has adopted democratization as the essence of its political demands." In Brazil, until the mid-1960s, the left was mobilized around social reforms, national developmentalism, socialism and revolution.
ISSN:0104-9321