"On assiste depuis la seconde moitié des années 1990 au retour de la critique sociale et politique. Dans la rue, mais pas seulement. La bataille des idées fait rage elle aussi. Développée par des auteurs comme Toni Negri, Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, Judith Butler, Giorgio Agambe…
On assiste depuis la seconde moitié des années 1990 au retour de la critique sociale et politique. Dans la rue, mais pas seulement. La bataille des idées fait rage elle aussi. Développée par des auteurs comme Toni Negri, Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, Judith Butler, Giorgio Agamben…
"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…
In a reworking of a book first published in 1985, Scruton begins with a ruthless analysis of New Leftism and concludes with a critique of the key strands in its thinking. He questions what the Left looks like today, examines how has it evolved, and considers whether there be any…
"In Fools, Frauds and Firebrands, philosopher Roger Scruton, one of the leading critics of leftist orientations in modern Western civilization, examines the thinkers who have been most influential on the attitudes of the New Left. What does the Left look like today, he asks, and…
In a reworking of a book first published in 1985, Scruton begins with a ruthless analysis of New Leftism and concludes with a critique of the key strands in its thinking. He questions what the Left looks like today, examines how has it evolved, and considers whether there be any…
As more and more people questioned the assumptions of U.S. foreign policy in the Vietnam era, they began to reexamine the roots of these policies in the diplomacy of the Cold War. This scrutiny made the origins of the Cold War one of the most controversial issues in American dip…
The new left and the origins of the Cold War
As more and more people are questioning the assumptions of present U.S. foreign policy they are reexamining the roots of these policies in the diplomacy of the Cold War. This scrutiny has made the origins of the Cold War the most controversial issue in American diplomatic histor…