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The strange death of Marxism [electronic resource] : the European left in the new millennium / Paul Edward Gottfried.

By: Gottfried, Paul.
Publisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2005Description: ix, 154 p.Subject(s): Communism -- Europe | Socialism -- EuropeGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 320.53/15/094 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introduction -- Postwar communism -- Neomarxism -- The post-Marxist left -- The post-Marxist left as political religion -- Conclusion.
Summary: "Describes a twentieth-century transformation in European leftist and Marxist politics. European Marxism began as an economically focused workers' movement, then became the domain of those desiring cultural transformation of Western Europe. The transformation emphasizes Western European guilt and promotes multiculturalism, feminism, and acceptance of alternative lifestyles condemned by European cultures"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Postwar communism -- Neomarxism -- The post-Marxist left -- The post-Marxist left as political religion -- Conclusion.

"Describes a twentieth-century transformation in European leftist and Marxist politics. European Marxism began as an economically focused workers' movement, then became the domain of those desiring cultural transformation of Western Europe. The transformation emphasizes Western European guilt and promotes multiculturalism, feminism, and acceptance of alternative lifestyles condemned by European cultures"--Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.