
The Left in History
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Thompson focuses on the principal currents, including the rise and fall of Bolshevism, Leninism and Stalinism; the embrace and subsequent abandonment of Marxist rhetoric by former Soviet allies in the Third World; European social democracy; and 'actually existing socialism' in states such as China and Cuba. The impact of 'alternatives' to the mainstream - Trotskyism, Maoism and Eurocommunism - is assessed, and the potential for the New Left and postwar social forces such as feminism, environmentalism and 'identity' politics to facilitate renewal is evaluated.
Thompson concludes that if the left is to play any part in addressing the unfinished agenda of the post-1990s, then it must develop a clear understanding of the historical lessons that follow from its earlier embodiments.
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'A valuable study ... written with a relentless rigour and even-handedness which is admirable, and in a lucid and absorbing style' -- Labour History Review 'A useful and impressive book. It is to be recommended to those with a robust constitution as one of the most accurate, comprehensive and stimulating histories of the left' -- New Times 'An informed survey of socialism the twentieth century' -- British Contemporary HistoryMore details
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Part 1 Mainstreams
1. The Matrix
2. Leninism and Stalinism
3. Actually Existing Socialism
4. The Fragments
5. Social Democracy
Part 2 Alternatives
6. Trotskyism, Maoism, Eurocommunism
7. New Left, New Social Forces
Conclusion: The Winter Landscape
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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