New Lefts
the making of a radical tradition
$48.00
- Paperback
362 pages
- Release Date
6 September 2021
Summary
New Lefts: A History of Radical Revolt and Reinvention
In the 1960s, the radical youth of Western Europe’s New Left rebelled against the democratic welfare state and their parents’ antiquated politics of reform. It was not the first time an upstart leftist movement was built on the ruins of the old. This book traces the history of neoleftism from its antifascist roots in the first half of the twentieth century, to its postwar reconstruction in the 1950s, to its explosive reinvention…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691220819 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691220816 |
| Author: | Terence Renaud |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 362 |
| Release Date: | 6 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 586g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year””[A] compelling new book… . Renaud’s unique framework provides an extended chronology and account of the transnational dialectic between different leftwing groups that will be especially elucidating for readers in the United States.”—Justin H. Vassallo, Boston Review “Terence Renaud’s erudite book New Lefts: The Making of a Radical Tradition deserves recommendation both as an intervention in contemporary political discourses and as a foundational historical study of neoleftism in the twentieth century.”—Emily Steinhauer, EuropeNow
About The Author
Terence Renaud
Terence Renaud is a lecturer in the Humanities Program and the Department of History at Yale University.
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