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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...

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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-458112021-01-24T14:28:54Z Intellectual Radicalism after 1989 Berg, Sebastian Sociology Left Socialism Intellectuals Britain United States North America History Politics Political Sociology British History American History Political Science Sociology bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology 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. 2017-04-26 23:55 2020-03-17 03:00:31 2020-04-01T13:34:55Z 2020-04-01T13:34:55Z 2017 book 628142 648633 9783839434185 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/45811 eng Edition Politik application/pdf n/a 648633.pdf transcript Verlag 10.14361/9783839434185 100582 10.14361/9783839434185 b30a6210-768f-42e6-bb84-0e6306590b5c b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783839434185 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Bielefeld, Germany 100582 103382 KU Select 2016 Front List Collection KU Open Services 628142 Knowledge Unlatched open access
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description 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.
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