A Tale of Two Utopias: The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968 - Hardcover

Berman, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393039277 ISBN 13: 9780393039276

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1996

Synopsis

A noted author brings to life the moral earnestness and confusions of the baby boom generation, weaving threads of revolutionary expectation and libertarian exuberance into a lasting commentary on ideological evolution. Tour.

About this title

Review:

A Tale of Two Utopias is actually four separate lengthy essays by Paul Berman on the worldwide student rebellion of 1968, the gay liberation movement in the United States, Vaclav Havel and the overthrow of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and the response of French intellectual community to the "end of history" theory. What ties these subjects is a strange contrast. The student movement of the 1960s was rooted in peace and other left-leaning ideals; the overthrow of Communism sprung from a desire of free-market economics. Berman doesn't always make these connections obvious; rather he presents well-analyzed, intellectual writings that allow the reader to chart a course through modern history.

About the Author:

Paul Berman writes about politics and literature for The New Republic, the New York Times Book Review, and other magazines. His books have been translated into thirteen languages. He lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0393039277
• ISBN 13: 9780393039276
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 351