Breve historia mundial de la izquierda

What is happening to the left? Is he really in crisis? Although throughout his history his requiem has been sung on several occasions, until now he had always overcome adversity. However, at present, movements of the organized left appear to be in serious decline around the world. Perhaps this is but a symptom of a deeper and more problematic erasure, that of the "imaginary of equality", which has been the main driving force of the global left since its birth. This is the thesis of this sharp and penetrating historical essay. And to understand its relevance, Shlomo Sand proposes going back to the sources of this "imaginary" and studying the gestation, transformations and adjustments of the idea of equality over more than three centuries. From the Diggers of the English Revolution to the formation of anarchism and Marxism, from Third Worldism to anti-colonial revolutions, from post-MeToo feminism to today's left-wing populism, this book looks at the thinkers and movements that built the global left. With the brilliance and commitment that characterize him, Shlomo Sand assumes the difficult challenge of writing a brief world history of the left that, with great pedagogical sense, addresses the greatest number of people, while proposing original hypotheses at a time when that we must do everything in our power to reactivate the egalitarian imaginary.