DIGIRENT - Last Exit to Utopia: The Survival of Socialism in a Post-Soviet Era (Encounter Broadsides)
Jean Francois Revel
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Last Exit to Utopia: Jean Francois Revel epub Last Exit to Utopia: Jean Francois Revel pdf download Last Exit to Utopia: Jean Francois Revel pdf file Last Exit to Utopia: Jean Francois Revel audiobook Last Exit to Utopia: Jean Francois Revel book review Last Exit to Utopia: Jean Francois Revel summary | #1009880 in Books | Encounter Books | 2009-12-15 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.29 x1.06 x6.34l,1.55 | File type: PDF | 300 pages | ||8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| Hard but worth it|By CAreader|This is a tough book to get through for the average reader. There are many references to people and institutions in France that are unknown to the average American reader. But the essential message of this book comes through clearly and repeatedly. The upsidedown world we live in in which the American and European Left continue to romanticize so||
|[T]he book, at last available in English in this fine translation, ought to command close attention because it was written by Jean-François Revel, whounlike such bien-pensant idols as Jean-Paul Sartre (an admirer of Stalin) and Michel Foucault
Here is a tasty paradox: How did the Leftist legions regroup after history delivered its fatal blow to the Soviet system? Simple, argues Jean-Francois Revel: the Left retreated to the impregnable fortress of the Utopian ideal. After all, socialism incarnate was always vulnerable to criticism. Utopia, on the other hand, lies by definition beyond reproach. With the demise of the Soviet system, there is no longer a vast and flailing embodiment of their vision, and ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Last Exit to Utopia: The Survival of Socialism in a Post-Soviet Era (Encounter Broadsides) | Jean Francois Revel. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
