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Introduction: Radicalism: Situating contemporary movement practices [Routledge Handbook of Radical Politics]

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posted on 2018-07-27, 13:01 authored by Uri Gordon, Ruth KinnaRuth Kinna
This collection introduces readers to the politics, practices and ideas of contemporary radical activist movements. The objectives are to show how radicalism is understood by activists in contemporary movements, to describe the cultures of radical activist groups and to highlight the intersections of radical activism and contemporary political theory. We ask our authors to consider three issues: (i) what is radical about the politics under discussion (ii) what are the principle concerns of the movements involved with the politics (iii) how is the politics of this activism theorised and what, if any, influences are active in the movements under discussion? Individual chapters develop these themes by bringing activist experience to bear on theoretical analysis and provide novel insights into a diverse, innovative and dynamic contemporary movement which is shaping cutting-edge political theory. The introductory analysis situates contemporary left radicalism by providing a historical overview of the concept and explores the radicalism-populism nexus.

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  • Social Sciences

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  • Politics and International Studies

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Routledge Handbook of Radical Politics

Pages

1-20

Citation

GORDON, U. and KINNA, R., 2019. Introduction: Radicalism: Situating contemporary movement practices. IN: Kinna, R. and Gordon, U. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Radical Politics. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp.1-20.

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Routledge

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Routledge Handbook of Radical Politics on 29 May 2019, available online: https://www.routledge.com/9781138665422

Publication date

2019-05-29

ISBN

1138665428;9781138665422

Language

  • en

Editor(s)

Kinna, R. and Gordon, U.

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