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Synopsis
The focus of Spectrum is the range of contemporary ideas that runs from conservative to liberal to radical conceptions of state and society, rarely considered in the same optic. It looks at the theories of major minds of the twentieth-century Right, including Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss and Friedrich von Hayek; liberal philosophers such as John Rawls, Jurgen Habermas and Norberto Bobbio; and significant figures in the culture of the Left: the historians Edward Thompson, Robert Brenner and Eric Hobsbawm; the classicist Sebastiano Timpanaro; the sociologist Goran Therborn; the novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The book concludes with some comparative observations on the two leading intellectual periodicals of the UK and USA, the London Review of Books and New York Review of Books; and a piece of family history.
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About the Author
Perry Anderson is the author of, among other books, Spectrum, Lineages of the Absolutist State, Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism, Considerations on Western Marxism, English Questions, The Origins of Postmodernity, and The New Old World. He teaches history at UCLA and is on the editorial board of New Left Review.
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What are the meanings, boundaries and relevance of the categories Right, Center, and Left in our world's current political climate? In this book, Anderson-the eminent historian and former editor of New Left Review-takes a "panning shot" across the modern intellectual landscape, critically examining these issues in 15 essays, 14 of which were previously published in The London Review of Books or New Left Review. Anderson possesses both a magisterial intelligence and an abstruse vocabulary, which can make his work appear unapproachable to even the most erudite readers. However, one of Anderson's central themes is refreshingly simple: he continually echoes Carl Schmitt's claim that "dividing friend from foe...is the opposition that defines the nature of the political as such." This concept is illustrated most clearly in essays on "the Center," such as when Anderson demarcates Timothy Garton Ash's allegiances to Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia as compared to the rest of "Eastern Europe." In effect, everyone has to come down on one side of the political fence at some point. Through the lens of this binary opposition, Anderson appraises a gamut of philosophers, political theorists and writers of various subgenres, wielding both his sharp intellect and pen to elucidate-and rebuke-their ideas. Although Anderson's own far-left political views are occasionally visible, he creates a successful overview of contemporary intellectual thought, reinforcing the idea that all life inevitably revolves around politics.
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