Intellectual radicalism after 1989 : crisis and re-orientation in the British and the American Left / / Sebastian Berg

• Record Nr.: UNISA996309072903316
• Autore: Berg Sebastian
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bielefeld, Germany : , : Transcript Verlag, , [2017]; ©2017
• ISBN: 3-8394-3418-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : digital file(s)
• Collana: Edition Politik ; 32
• Disciplina: 324.2410975
• Soggetti: Communism and intellectuals; Radicalism
• 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.; »The value of this work lies not in its novelty, but rather in Berg's remarkable achievement of meticulously cataloging oppositional thought.« A. Shahid Stover, connections, 22.02.2019 »This study can only be recommended to every reader.« Christian Huck, Anglistik, 29/2 (2018) Besprochen in: https://s-usih.org, 1 (2019), Michael J. Kramer