Whose Millennium? Theirs or Ours?

Singer, Daniel

ISBN 10: 0853459460 / ISBN 13: 9780853459460

Verlag: Monthly Review Press, 1999

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Inhaltsangabe:

Written with droll wit and lyrical elegance, this visionary book challenges the chorus of resignation-the notion that there is no alternative, that profit is the best relationship between people, and that the market guarantees democracy. Daniel Singer insists that a more free and egalitarian society can be won, and he predicts that the new millennium will be an age of confrontation, not consensus, with Western Europe as a probable first battlefield. In social criticism of rare scope and insight, Singer probes the outcome of the Russian Revolution and Russia's post-1989 turmoil, the transformation of the Polish trade union movement Solidarity into a reactionary and clerical force, the failure of social democracy in Western Europe, the emergence of an unbalanced world after the collapse of one superpower, and the massive 1995 strikes and demonstrations in France-which, Singer argues, were the first revolt against the prevailing idea that there is no alternative to market stringency. As alternative, Singer calls for "realistic utopia": a politics engaged with present-day possibilities but daring to pursue a world beyond capitalism, one that would put into consistent practice the ideals of democracy and equality.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Daniel Singer is the European correspondent for The Nation.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Whose Millennium? Theirs or Ours?
Verlag: Monthly Review Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket