{"product_id":"a-tale-of-two-utopias-paul-berman-9780393316759","title":"A Tale of Two Utopias: The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968","description":"The ideological passions that, along with critical acclaim, greeted the publication of Paul Berman's \u003cem\u003eA Tale of Two Utopias\u003c\/em\u003e showed how persistent are some of the battle lines drawn in the tumultuous years around 1968.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Tale of Two Utopias\u003c\/em\u003e recounts \"in clean, clear, often funny style\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e) 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Praised for both \"sheer intellectual high-spiritedness\" (\u003cem\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e) 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), \u003cem\u003eA Tale of Two Utopias\u003c\/em\u003e firmly establishes Berman as \"one of America's leading social critics\" (\u003cem\u003eNew Leader\u003c\/em\u003e) and \"one of our most gifted essayists\" (\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Berman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393316750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393316759\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.36h x 4.62w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/16\/1997 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1997 pg. 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/18\/1997","brand":"Paul Berman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919661498623,"sku":"9780393316759","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9307b79d-057f-45a3-9e6f-f01681256198.jpg?v=1680810619","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-tale-of-two-utopias-paul-berman-9780393316759","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}