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Intellectual Radicalism after 1989: Crisis and Re-orientation in the British and the American Left
[habilitation treatise]
Abstract 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 ... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
United States of America; Great Britain; political left; intellectual; socialism; democratic socialism
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
American History; British History; North America
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
342 p.
Series
Edition Politik, 32
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839434185
ISBN
978-3-8394-3418-5
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0