After the Fall: 1989 and the Future of Freedom (New Political Science Reader) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415930251 ISBN 13: 9780415930253

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

Did the U.S. really "win" the Cold War? Is the fall of Communism only a temporary setback for Marxism, or has the freemarket prevailed, once and for all? In this work, the last ten years are examined by the most important Marxist scholars and journalists.

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About the Author

George Katsiaficas is Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts and editor of the journal New PoliticalScience. He is also the co-editor of Liberation,Imagination, and the Black Panther Party (Routledge, 2000).

From the Back Cover

Did the United States really "win" the Cold War? Is the fall of Communism only a temporary setback for Marxism, or has the free market prevailed, once and for all? In After the Fall, many of the most important Marxist scholars and journalists gather to argue that justice and equality are more important now than ever. They worry that the last ten years have brought us plenty of global capitalism but not much of the democratic freedom that the world had hoped for. The years from 1989 to 1991 did score some pretty heady victories for freedom, but After the Fall argues that there is much work to be done in detaching the best parts of Marxism from the fallen carcass of Communism.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415930251
• ISBN 13: 9780415930253
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244
• Editor: Katsiaficas George