6.8 /10 1 Votes
Country United Kingdom Publication date January 2015 Pages 208 ISBN 9781784782627 | 3.4/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print Originally published January 2015 Page count 208 Publisher Verso Books | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subject British politics, European politics, capitalism Similar Works by Tariq Ali, Capitalism books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Extreme Centre: A Warning is a 2015 book by British-Pakistani writer, journalist, political activist and historian Tariq Ali.
Contents
Synopsis
The book is a criticism of the politics of the "indistinguishable political elite" in the United Kingdom, and their devotion to capitalism. The book analyses what Ali sees as the failure of the European Union and NATO, political corruption in Westminster and the dominance of the American Empire.
Reception
In the Socialist Review the book was praised while in the Financial Times the book was criticised as "conspiratorial" and an "examination of the frustrations of the radical left". Ali was profiled and the book was previewed in The Guardian.
References
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