The Left as the Counter-Culture of Modernity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11050737 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Z Bauman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 1986 |
| Issue | 70 |
| Pages | 81-93 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Telos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-6514 • E-ISSN: 1940-459X |
| Publisher | Telos Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3817/1286070081 |
| OpenAlex | W4230289856 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
The Left is characterized by its lack of humor. This has set it apart from other forms of opposition to capitalism, e.g., avant-garde art. The latter's irony, self-mockery, and playfulness was a Ièse-majesté to the Left as much as it was to the priests of the establishment. Épater-le-bourgeois has never been a Left strategy, because the Left has treated le bourgeois seriously as the author of a project the Left diought worth fulfilling and as the hindrance to its fulfilment at the same time. The Left was and remained until recently the counter-culture of capitalism. Ecologically it could only come into being once capitalist culture launched a program geared towards achieving a rational society
Aesthetics · Art · Bourgeoisie · Capitalism · Irony · Left behind · Literature · Modernity · New Left · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2023 (33) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |