After the Fall - 1989 and the Future of Freedom

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.

List of contents

Introduction by George Katsiaficas I. Historical Interventions Chapter One: 1989 Revisited, Daniel Singer Chapter Two: How We Ended the Cold War, John Tirmane II. Analytical Accounts Chapter Three: 1989: Continuation of 1968, Giovanni Arrighi, Terrence Hopkins and Immanuel Wallerstein Chapter Four: The Road to Consumption, Boris Kagarlitsky III. Retrospective Views Chapter Five: Germany: A Decade of Hope and Despair, Hanna Behrend Chapter Six: China: Ten Years After the Tiananmen Crackdown, Ngo Vihn Long Chapter Seven: How Adjaria Did Not Become Another Bosnia. Historical Determination, Human Agency, And Accident In The Study Of Nationalist Conflict, Georgi M. Derluguian IV. Ethical Imperatives Chapter Eight: Of Means and Ends: 1989 as Ethico-Political Imperative, Manfred B. Steger Chapter Nine: The Sickness Unto Death: International Communism Before the Deluge, Stephen Eric Bronner V. Political Responses Chapter Ten: Rollback: The Aftermath of the Overthrow of Communism, Michael Parenti Chapter Eleven: Cold War Triumphalism: A Reply to John Gaddis, Irene Gendzier VI. The Future of Socialism After Communism Chapter Twelve: Transcending Pessism: Rekindling Socialist Imagination, Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin Chapter Thirteen: Postcommunist Democratic Socialism, Nancy Fraser Contributors Index

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).

Summary

The years from 1989 to 1991 scored some heady victories for freedom, but this book argues there is much work to be done in detaching the best parts of Marxism from the fallen carcass of Communism.

Product details

• Assisted by: George Katsiaficas (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.2001
• EAN: 9780415930246
• ISBN: 978-0-415-93024-6
• No. of pages: 244
• Weight: 610 g
• Series: New Political Science Reader
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, International Relations, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era