What leftists think

It is often heard: There is a de-ideologization. "Left," today, is more of a feeling. Hasty conclusions!, says Robert Misik. Because the contemporary leftist certainly has a few fragments of theories in mind: Marx's teachings on the contradictions of capitalism; Eduard Bernstein's postulate that reform within the system is possible; Antonio Gramsci's thoughts on civil society and hegemony; the slightly depressive cultural-critical sound of the Frankfurt School from Walter Benjamin to Jürgen Habermas; Michel Foucault's treatises that power is rather decentralized in power knots and that the oppressed participate in their own domination; a pinch of postmodern theory, suggesting that the idea of truth is merely an illusion; a large ladle of Keynes, a small dash of post-colonial theory, and a lot of criticism of alienation. Robert Misik describes this rapidly and engagingly.