Keywords: The Language of American Politics

Keywords for Capitalism is a book that examines how the terms used by pundits and politicians to explain our civic structures obscure as much as they reveal about the reality they ostensibly describe. It provides readers with the tools to make sense of terms like socialism and intersectional that are routinely used and abused by commentators from across the political spectrum. The book also includes over thirty illustrations that amplify and augment Leary's searing words.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 120 pages
Publication date: 11 August 2022
Publisher: Haymarket Books

From liberal to the economy, the terms used by pundits and politicians to explain our civic structures tend to obscure as much as they reveal about the reality they ostensibly describe. Yet, the enduring vocabulary of radical movement-building can be equally opaque when filtered through both the distortions of the status quo and the partisan interests of the activist left. How do we make sense of terms like socialism and intersectional that are so routinely used and abused by such a wide array of commentators from across the political spectrum?

Keywords for Capitalism is a probing and insightful guide designed to equip readers with the tools to do just that. Leary takes a wit-sharpened scalpel to the evasions, neologisms, and half-truths that crowd 'the discourse and reveals the ideology of the mainstream political media that lies just below the surface. In the process, he also carefully leads readers through the very real debates about the words that really do mean something, attentively distinguishing the substance worth preserving from the froth that should be dismissed.

This masterful dressing down of corporate media jargon is accompanied by over thirty illustrations that amplify and augment Leary's searing words.

Weight: 226g
Dimension: 139 x 215 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781642597028