{"product_id":"imaobong-umoren-empire-without-end-copy","title":"Z: Moving Beyond the Left: A Post-Left Post-Mortem in Pursuit of Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003eSet Margins', 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003e, softcover, 424 pages, 14.8 x 21 cm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMoving Beyond the Left: A Post-Left Post-Mortem in Pursuit of Freedom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunpacks and critiques the so-called “revolutionary Left” from the perspective of someone whose past work influenced millions of self-identifying revolutionary Leftists around the world and shaped the organizational efforts of thousands. Using an anti-authoritarian lens, it considers the many ways humanity’s social potentialities toward \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003efreedom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are hampered by the authoritarian social logics common in most Left organizations and spaces, and by the sham of the “left–right” paradigm as a whole.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book identifies the so-called Left’s central obstacles: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecategorization\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eidentitarianism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eauthoritarian conditioning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The text insists that those who prioritize freedom should imagine—and work toward—a world beyond race, gender, and other oppressive social constructs if they wish to confront the oppressive systems predicated on their existence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMoving Beyond the Left \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003epulls rich insights from various Left tendencies—even in critiquing common frameworks between them—and provides both perspectival and methodological suggestions for reimagining pathways to freedom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePositing that the existential battle of humanity in this time can be boiled down to authoritarianism versus freedom, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMoving Beyond the Left\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e challenges the reader to think more deeply about the values and systems they want. It invites us to dream bigger by acknowledging differences in experiences, perspectives, and values. It encourages us to abandon forms of identitarian thinking that attempt to categorize human beings and, in the process, dehumanize us all\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58202170720640,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/moving-beyond-the-left-a-post-left-post-mortem-in-pursuit-of-freedom-41.jpg?v=1780497579","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/imaobong-umoren-empire-without-end-copy","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}