Νέες κυκλοφορίες (Ernest Mandel‏)

NEW TITLE - Ernest Mandel: A Rebel's Dream DeferredJan Willem StutjeWith a foreword by Tariq AliTranslated by Christopher Beck and Peter Drucker Published 18th May 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Mandel (1923-1995), was one of the most prominent anti-Stalinist Marxist intellectuals of his time. A political theorist andeconomist, his worldview was shaped by experiences in the Second WorldWar as an underground political activist in Occupied Belgium andduring his subsequent internment in a Nazi prison camp. Mandel'sfaith in human nature and in the working classes survived Nazioppression and the murder of much of his family in the concentrationcamps. He retained his connection to his Jewish roots throughout hislife, but believed that security and liberation for the Jewish peoplewas best achieved through world revolution and universal emancipationrather than nationalism. A brilliant orator in several languages,Mandel was an indefatigable revolutionary militant and a key leader inthe Fourth International, He had an enormous impact on the thoughtand practice of the 1968 generation. His writings range frominnovative economic and political theory to a study of the SecondWorld War and have been published in over forty languages. His lastmajor work, Late Capitalism, had an influence that reached from thesocial sciences into the humanities. Biographer Jan Willem Stutje,the first writer with access to Mandel's archives, has interviewedmany of the leading figures in the story and unearthed a wealth of newmaterial, detailing Mandel's arrest by the Nazis and his role in LatinAmerican guerrilla warfare. He recounts Mandel's interactions withboth scholars - Sartre, Ernst Bloch, Perry Anderson - and comrades-in-arms such as Che Guevara, Rudi Dutschke and Tariq Ali. The book alsoyields fascinating details of the man's sometimes tragic private life. JAN WILLEM STUTJE is a historian affiliated with the Institute ofBiography at the University of Groningen. He has published a life ofDutch Communist Party leader Paul de Groot and studies of the Dutchand international labour movement in scholarly publications in theNetherlandsand abroad. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Praise for Ernest Mandel: A Rebel's Dream Deferred: "An extraordinary accomplishment. This book deserves a place ofhonour in the library of anyone who is interested in the history oftwentieth-century revolutionary socialism." Walter Lotens, Kritischlezen "A masterful and critical biography that reads like a thriller." FredBraeckman, De Morgen "Stutje does a good job of avoiding the temptations of hagiography,and paints a fascinating portrait of Mandel, a Marxist thinker andradical political figure who is undeservedly almost forgotten." PietPiryns and Hubert van Humbeek, Knack "This impressive scholarly biography deals not only with ErnestMandel, but equally with the success and tribulations of theTrotskyist movement that he helped lead for decades and with societyas a whole. This smoothly written book inadvertently evokes the imageof a biblical prophet, whose personal life and happiness, loves,friendships and career were sacrificed time and again to the greatstruggle against exploitation and injustice - a man who knew that hehad to give up everything except hope." Ludo Abicht, AKTIEF ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISBN 9781844673162 £19.99 / $34.95 / Hardback / 424 pages Ernest Mandel: A Rebel's Dream Deferred is available from all goodbookshops and: http://www.versobooks.com/books/nopqrs/s-titles/stutje_jw_ernest_mandel.shtml UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ernest-Mandel-Jan-Willem-Stutje/dp/1844673162/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1243505552&sr=1-2 http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9781844673162/Ernest-Mandel US: http://www.amazon.com/Ernest-Mandel-Jan-Willem-Stutje/dp/1844673162/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243508020&sr=8-2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit Verso's new blog for information on our upcoming events, newreviews and publications and special offers.http://versouk.wordpress.com/ And get updates on Twitter too!http://twitter.com/VersoBooksUK