The left hemisphere - Razmig Keucheyan

As the crisis of capitalism unfolds,the need for alternatives is felt ever moreintensely. The struggle between radicalmovements and the forces of reaction willbe merciless. A crucial battlefield, wherethe outcome of the crisis will in part bedecided, is that of theory.Over the last twenty-five years, radicalintellectuals across the world haveproduced important and innovative ideas.

The endeavour to transform the worldwithout falling into the catastrophic trapsof the past has been a common elementuniting these new approaches.This book - aimed at both the generalreader and the specialist - offers thefirst global cartography of the expandingintellectual field of critical contemporarythought. More than thirty authors andintellectual currents of every continentare presented in a clear and succinctmanner. A history of critical thoughtin the twentieth and twenty-first centuriesis also provided, helping situate currentthinkers in a broader historical andsociological perspective.