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A Tale of Two Utopias: The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968

by Paul Berman

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ISBN13: 9780393316759
ISBN10: 0393316750
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The ideological passions that, along with critical acclaim, greeted the publication of Paul Berman's A Tale of Two Utopias showed how persistent are some of the battle lines drawn in the tumultuous years around 1968. A Tale of Two Utopias recounts in clean, clear, often funny style (Washington Post) four episodes in the history of a generation: the worldwide student radicalism of the years around 1968; the birth of gay liberation and modern identity politics; the anti-Communist trajectory of the '68ers in the Eastern bloc; and the ideals and self-criticism of thinkers in America and in France who lived through these events and debated their meaning. Praised for both sheer intellectual high-spiritedness (Houston Chronicle) and the same sensitivity to the moral needs of the participants, and the same lucid evaluative balance, as Edmund Wilson's accounts of earlier periods (philosopher Richard Rorty), A Tale of Two Utopias firmly establishes Berman as one of America's leading social critics (New Leader) and one of our most gifted essayists (Boston Globe).

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-343) and index.

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Political journalist Paul Berman recounts four episodes in the history of a generation: student radicalism of the years around 1968; the birth of gay liberation and modern identity politics; the anti-Communist trajectory in the Eastern bloc; and the ideals and self-criticism of thinkers in America and in France, who debated the meaning of these events. A "New York Times" Notable Book.

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ISBN:
9780393316759
Subtitle:
The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968
Author:
Berman, Paul
Author:
Berman, Paul
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Location:
New York
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
History
Subject:
United States - 20th Century/60s
Subject:
History & Theory
Subject:
United states
Subject:
20th century
Subject:
Anthropology - Cultural
Subject:
Social history
Subject:
Liberalism
Subject:
Gay liberation movement
Subject:
Czechoslovakia
Subject:
Radicalism
Subject:
History & Theory - General
Subject:
History -- Philosophy.
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
98-134
Publication Date:
October 1997
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
7.36x4.62x.90 in. .55 lbs.

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