Discusses Sakharov's "basics" in terms of ideologic problems of "basics" like the convergence of capitalism and socialism. Compares the Soviet censorship of Sakharov and Solzhenitsyn with American censorship of American communists, such as Angela Davis.
Looks at the influence of intellectuals who, although attracted to Communism, did not join the Communist Party and discusses the development of Communist regimes in China, Cuba, and North Vietnam.
Looks at the influence of intellectuals who, although attracted to Communism, did not join the Communist Party and discusses the development of Communist regimes in China, Cuba, and North Vietnam.
"Even before 1968, in the 1950s, a new left emerged. Young academic intellectuals began to look beyond the polarized traditional labor movement for new starting points for left-wing thinking. Newly founded theory journals became their organizational core. In theory, the New Left…
"Even before 1968, in the 1950s, a new left emerged. Young academic intellectuals began to look beyond the polarized traditional labor movement for new starting points for left-wing thinking. Newly founded theory journals became their organizational core. In theory, the New Left…
Examines the emergence and subsequent demise of intellectual identification with the French Communist Party, arguing that, after 1978, political conflicts between the Communist leadership and party intellectuals led to an erosion of support.