An introduction and critique of various tendencies within the 1968 French left. The analysis and behaviour of different groups in the radical movement.
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Communism: falsifications by a “black book”
On Stephane Courtois: Le livre noir du communisme, Robert Laffont, Paris, 1997. The "Black book ofd communism" was written for political propaganda purposes and thus enjoyed an outstanding career. The review compares the theses of this challenging book to the facts of history.
What is beyond capital?
Philosopher Istvan Meszaros published his opus magnum under the title Beyond Capital. It quickly became popular in Western circles of progressive social science. (Istvan Meszaros: Beyond Capital. Towards a Theory of Transition. Merlin Press, London, 1995.)
Popular self-criticism
Historian Gyorgy Foldes, head of the Institute of Political History, published his analysis shortly after the Socialist Party lost the 1998 parliamentary elections. (Gyorgy Foldes : Rendszer – hatalom és a baloldal Magyarországon 1994 után. [System – power and left in Hungary after 1994]. Napvilág Kiadó, Budapest, 1998.)
Stabilisation and human rights
From the early 1980s, the multilateral lending agencies imposed conditionality on sovereign debtors. The pursuit of human rights often appeared among the political conditions set by the creditor nations, while some of their financial conditions contradicted to the provision of economic and social rights in underdeveloped countries.