Tony McKenna Ordre des livres

Woke social justice warriors are portrayed as threats to free speech, while accusations from FemiNazi's target societal foundations. Often criticized by right-wing figures, 'political correctness' is depicted as left-wing authoritarianism. In this incisive account, Tony McKenna argues that this notion is one of the great conspiracy theories of our era. He explores the fear surrounding 'cancel culture' and the vilification of grassroots movements, revealing how exclusionary agendas in media and politics masquerade as campaigns for freedom and common sense. McKenna scrutinizes the language and ideology that dehumanize refugees, label social justice as 'wokery,' and vilify marginalized groups, including dark-skinned men and trans women. He provides a thorough analysis of significant social liberation movements like BLM and #MeToo, placing them within their historical and cultural contexts. As stigmatization politics evolve, McKenna explains how dominant culture uses narratives to portray its oppressive tactics as a defense against a so-called 'global liberal elite,' shedding light on one of society's most pervasive and insidious narratives.

Marxism has provided the ideological impetus to liberation movements, radical struggles and revolutions across the world. But in the 20th century, the emancipatory and democratic power of its thought has often been distorted and overridden by various Stalinist dictatorships which claimed to be acting in its name. A similar undermining of freedom of thought has been accomplished at an intellectual level; various schools have transformed Marxist thought in line with some of the most fashionable but gentrified forms of contemporary philosophy, shifting the focus from the democratic power of the masses and their ability to challenge the capitalist order to concentrate on superstar thinkers and elite theories.The War Against Marxismtraces the war against Marxism which, paradoxically, has been conducted in the name of Marxism itself. As such it provides a fiery philosophical and polemical indictment of so-called 'Marxists' such as Adorno, Horkheimer, Althusser, Jameson, Eagleton, Mouffe, Laclau and Zizek and asks what can be done to stem this counterrevolution.

From the genesis of Islam as a social movement, to an account of Goya's art in the context of feudal absolutism and the Napoleonic wars, to The Da Vinci Code, and much more besides.