Left and Right: The Significance of a Political Distinction

by Norberto Bobbio

Book Overview

Following the collapse of communism and the decline of Marxism, some commentators have claimed that we have reached the 'end of history' and that the distinction between Left and Right can be forgotten. In this book - which was a tremendous success in Italy - Norberto Bobbio challenges these views, arguing that the fundamental political distinction between Left and Right, which has shaped the two centuries since the French Revolution, has continuing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745615619
• ISBN13: 9780745615615
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"