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Tale of Two Utopias: The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968 (Revised)
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by Paul Berman

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Political journalist Paul Berman recounts four episodes in the history of a generation: student radicalism of the years around 1968; the birth of gay liberation and modern identity politics; the anti-Communist trajectory in the Eastern bloc; and the ideals and self-criticism of thinkers in America and in France, who debated the meaning of these events. A "New York Times" Notable Book.

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The ideological passions that, along with critical acclaim, greeted the publication of Paul Berman's A Tale of Two Utopias showed how persistent are some of the battle lines drawn in the tumultuous years around 1968.

A Tale of Two Utopias recounts "in clean, clear, often funny style" (Washington Post) four episodes in the history of a generation: the worldwide student radicalism of the years around 1968; the birth of gay liberation and modern identity politics; the anti-Communist trajectory of the '68ers in the Eastern bloc; and the ideals and self-criticism of thinkers in America and in France who lived through these events and debated their meaning.

Praised for both "sheer intellectual high-spiritedness" (Houston Chronicle) and "the same sensitivity to the moral needs of the participants, and the same lucid evaluative balance, as Edmund Wilson's accounts of earlier periods" (philosopher Richard Rorty), A Tale of Two Utopias firmly establishes Berman as "one of America's leading social critics" (New Leader) and "one of our most gifted essayists" (Boston Globe).

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In the years around 1968, a utopian exhilaration swept across the student universe and across several adult universes as well, and almost everyone in my own circle of friends and classmates was caught up in it.

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  • Title Tale of Two Utopias: The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968 (Revised)
  • Author Paul Berman
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Publication date 1997-10-01
  • Features Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780393316759 / 0393316750
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.36 x 4.62 x 0.9 in (18.69 x 11.73 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Library of Congress subjects Gay liberation movement, History - Philosophy
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 95025321
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.09

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  • New York Times, 11/16/1997, Page 76
  • NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 01/01/1997, Page 97
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/18/1997, Page 0
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