The Progress Factory

The Modern Left and the False Authority of History

The Progress Factory
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Progressives love to claim that they are on 'the right side of history'. It gives them a sense of their own unchallengeable righteousness and a corresponding sense of moral authority. The Progress Factory argues that this way of understanding our politics and societies, so common that we barely notice it, is deceitful and harmful. The idea that no decent person could or would oppose the inevitable course of progress encourages an authoritarian and anti-democratic spirit, which justifies crushing opponents and attempts to place one's own authority beyond criticism and contradiction. Cobley shows how this dynamic and sinister but banal force of progressivism, in forms ranging from... alles anzeigen expand_more

Progressives love to claim that they are on 'the right side of history'. It gives them a sense of their own unchallengeable righteousness and a corresponding sense of moral authority.

The Progress Factory argues that this way of understanding our politics and societies, so common that we barely notice it, is deceitful and harmful. The idea that no decent person could or would oppose the inevitable course of progress encourages an authoritarian and anti-democratic spirit, which justifies crushing opponents and attempts to place one's own authority beyond criticism and contradiction.

Cobley shows how this dynamic and sinister but banal force of progressivism, in forms ranging from contemporary leftism to neoliberalism, plays out in our workplaces, our culture and our politics.

An eloquent plea to restore a genuine sense of pluralism and contingency to our politics, this book will provide solace to anyone who has ever been accused of being on the 'wrong side of history'.

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  • Autor find_in_page Ben Cobley
  • Autoreninformationen Ben Cobley is a writer and journalist. His previous book was The… open_in_new Mehr erfahren
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  • Veröffentlichung 03.04.2025
  • ISBN 9781800752092

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