ISBN:
1781706166
,
1526102722
,
9781781706169
,
9781526102720
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 259 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Lavelle, Ashley Politics of betrayal
DDC:
303.48/4
Keywords:
Radicals
;
Allegiance
;
Political obligation
;
Radicalism History 20th century
;
Allegiance
;
Political obligation
;
Radicalism
;
Radicals
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; General
;
History
Abstract:
Introduction : a road well travelled --Part I : Worlds turned upside down --Introduction to part I --Turncoats and collaborationists : early twentieth-century renegades --'Turn on, tune in, drop out' ... drop back in : 1960s ex-radicals --Conclusion to part I --Part II : The experience of defeat --Introduction to part II --The First World War : a defeat borne of nationalist bloodshed --1960s radicals and political defeat : a lost cause? --The full force of the law : defeat by state repression? --Conclusion to part II --Part III : Flawed radicals --Introduction to part III --Flawed early twentieth-century radicals : Mussolini, Parvus, and co. --Overstated radicals --For thirty pieces of silver? --Conclusion to part III --Part IV : The renegade 'mentality' --Introduction to part IV --Psychohistory --Arthur Koestler, the twentieth-century 'sceptic', and other Cold War pilgrims --Conclusion to part IV --Conclusion.
Abstract:
The radical who is transformed into a conservative is a common theme in political history. Lavelle examines why several one-time radicals subsequently became parts of the establishment in various countries. How and why do so many radicals betray the cause? Is it simply a reaction to political defeat? Were their politics always problematic, even as radicals? Were the ex-radicals psychologically flawed to begin with? What implications does it have for left politics? This book answers these and more questions
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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