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Record Nr.

UNINA9910213847403321

Autore

Berg Sebastian <p>Sebastian Berg, Ruhr University Bochum, Deutschland </p>

Titolo

Intellectual Radicalism after 1989 : Crisis and Re-orientation in the British and the American Left / Sebastian Berg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2017

2017, c2016

ISBN

9783839434185

3839434181

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : digital file(s)

Collana

Edition Politik

Disciplina

324.2410975

Soggetti

Left

Socialism

Intellectuals

Britain

United States

North America

History

Politics

Political Sociology

British History

American History

Political Science

Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references .

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter    1 Table of Contents    5 I. Introduction: the Paradox of 1989    7 II. Analysing the Impact of 1989 on the British and the American Intellectual Left    21 III. Crisis and Re-orientation: Evidence from the Journals    77 IV. Between Radical Critique and Moderate Recommendations?    309 V. Bibliography    321 VI. Acknowledgements    339 VII. Detailed Table of Contents    341

Sommario/riassunto

Left-wing intellectuals in Britain and the US had long repudiated the



Soviet regime. Why was the collapse of the Eastern Bloc experienced as a shock that destabilised their identities and political allegiances then? What happened to a collective project that had started out to formulate a socialist vision different from both really existing socialism and social democracy? This study endeavours to answer both questions, focusing on generational networks rather than individuals and investigating political academic journals after 1989 to paint the picture of a Left deeply troubled by the triumph of a capitalism unfettered by any counter-force.

»This study can only be recommended to every reader.«

Besprochen in:https://s-usih.org, 1 (2019), Michael J. Kramer

»The value of this work lies not in its novelty, but rather in Berg's remarkable achievement of meticulously cataloging oppositional thought.«

»The value of this work lies not in its novelty, but rather in Bergs remarkable achievement of meticulously cataloging oppositional thought.«