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A vast literature has been dedicated to the notion of the political right and left. This article aims at a new approach to the phenomenon by assuming a deliberately theoretical viewpoint, and by flipping over the perspective. Instead of wondering what the left and the right “are,” the question should be what type of politics is allowed by the use of such notions. Starting with the fact that right and left are spatial notions, Thierry Leterre examines their projection into politics and shows that they coincide with the politics of “meaningful democracy.” He contrasts this type with the “rebellious democracy” type and the “acclamation democracy” type, as well as with the technocratic management of political affairs. Eventually, he identifies these political forms as possible outcomes of the ambition to get rid of the concepts of the right and the left.