{"product_id":"last-exit-to-utopia-jean-francois-revel-9781594032646","title":"Last Exit to Utopia: The Survival of Socialism in a Post-Soviet Era","description":"\u003cbr\u003eHere is a tasty paradox: How did the Leftist legions regroup after history delivered its fatal blow to the Soviet system? Simple, argues Jean-Francois Revel: the Left retreated to the impregnable fortress of the Utopian ideal. After all, socialism incarnate was always vulnerable to criticism. Utopia, on the other hand, lies by definition beyond reproach. With the demise of the Soviet system, there is no longer a vast and flailing embodiment of their vision, and Utopia's haughty champions can again rage boundlessly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Last Exit to Utopia, the latest English language translation of one of Europe's most controversial intellectuals, Jean-Francois Revel takes aim at socialist apologists who have attempted to erase or invert the manifest failures of socialist ideology. As the tide of Big Government rises in America, Revel's forewarnings here are as prescient as they are frightening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Francois Revel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1594032645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594032646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Encounter Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 166","brand":"Jean Francois Revel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43989344682239,"sku":"9781594032646","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a3ab236d-9611-40d8-a911-8a7a8fa299bf.jpg?v=1683298981","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/last-exit-to-utopia-jean-francois-revel-9781594032646","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}