The "historical pessimism" of Perry Anderson The "historical pessimism" of Perry Anderson

Authors

  • Gilbert Achcar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/ls.v0i8.18914

Keywords:

Social struggles, ideologies, Marxism, social movements, State

Abstract

This is a theoretical-political critique of Perry Anderson’s arguments in“Renewals,” an editorial in the introductory issue of the new version of theNew Left Review . The pessimism that emanates from the text expresses thecontemporary state of an intellectual current within the Anglo-Saxon “newleft,” which arose in the 1960s. Anderson’s own analyses of the process thatcreated “western Marxism” during the interwar period are useful for studyingthe trajectory of this current, whose principal exponent has been the  New LeftReview .

Author Biography

Gilbert Achcar

References

ANDERSON, Perry (1976). Considerations on Western Marxism. Londres, Verso.

__________. (2000). “Renewals”. New Left Review, 1, nova série.

__________. (2000). “Renovação”. Praga, 9,

__________. (2001). “Retomadas”. In: SADER, Emir (org.). Contracorrente: o melhor

da New Left Review em 2000. Rio de Janeiro, Record.

FEATHERSTONE, Liza (2000). “The New Student Movement”. The Nation. New York,

May 15.

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Published

2004-06-19

How to Cite

Achcar, G. (2004). The "historical pessimism" of Perry Anderson The "historical pessimism" of Perry Anderson. Lutas Sociais, (8), 79–85. https://doi.org/10.23925/ls.v0i8.18914

Issue

No. 8 (2002): Communes of the cacerolazos : two centuries of social struggles

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