The Socialist Register 1968
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: Merlin Book Club Edition
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: faded with some wear along the spine. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact.
At a moment when the world trembled on the edge of revolution — student uprisings in Paris, war in Vietnam, assassinations in America — The Socialist Register 1968 captured the intellectual pulse of the global left with unmatched urgency. This landmark annual anthology presents a collection of essays by leading socialist thinkers, examining the crises of capitalism, the failures of reformism, and the possibilities of radical transformation in an era of extraordinary upheaval. Each contribution argues with precision and passion, addressing the structural contradictions of Western liberal democracies and the volatile politics of decolonisation and Cold War confrontation. Edited by Ralph Miliband and John Saville, the Register was — and remains — one of the most respected forums for serious Marxist and socialist analysis in the English-speaking world. The 1968 volume stands as a particularly vital document of its time, bridging rigorous academic theory with the heat of lived political struggle. For scholars of the left, historians of the twentieth century, and anyone drawn to the intellectual ferment of the 1960s, this volume poses questions about power, justice, and social change that have never lost their edge.
Author: Ralph Miliband And John Saville
Format: Hardback
Published: 1968, The Merlin Press
Genre: Politics & law
Edition: Merlin Book Club Edition
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: faded with some wear along the spine. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact.
At a moment when the world trembled on the edge of revolution — student uprisings in Paris, war in Vietnam, assassinations in America — The Socialist Register 1968 captured the intellectual pulse of the global left with unmatched urgency. This landmark annual anthology presents a collection of essays by leading socialist thinkers, examining the crises of capitalism, the failures of reformism, and the possibilities of radical transformation in an era of extraordinary upheaval. Each contribution argues with precision and passion, addressing the structural contradictions of Western liberal democracies and the volatile politics of decolonisation and Cold War confrontation. Edited by Ralph Miliband and John Saville, the Register was — and remains — one of the most respected forums for serious Marxist and socialist analysis in the English-speaking world. The 1968 volume stands as a particularly vital document of its time, bridging rigorous academic theory with the heat of lived political struggle. For scholars of the left, historians of the twentieth century, and anyone drawn to the intellectual ferment of the 1960s, this volume poses questions about power, justice, and social change that have never lost their edge.