{"product_id":"transformations-and-crises-the-left-and-the-nation-in-denmark-and-sweden-1956-1980-9781845453664","title":"Transformations and Crises: The Left and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe Left in the 1960s and 1970s has a powerful, almost mythical, place in the history of the 20th century. It was during these decades that the radical Left managed to renew the language of socialism as an alternative to communism and liberalism alike, but also when radicalism often led to extremism and social movements turned into political sects. Focusing on the Left in Denmark and Sweden during those turbulent decades, this study pays close attention to the political language in the two countries and shows the constant challenge to the concepts of the Left in the face of rapid social, cultural and political changes. The precarious relationship between the Left and the nation serves as a starting point for the exploration of the development of the New Left after the break with communism, the subsequent student revolts and radicalization of the late 1960s until the movement’s apparent collapse at the end of the 1970s. This book illustrates the challenges the Left was facing in its attempt to articulate a credible political language at a time of social, cultural and political transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tComparison, Time and Narration – Methodological Remarks\u003cbr\u003e \tWhat is the Left?\u003cbr\u003e \tGoing beyond Ideology\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Concept of Nation\u003cbr\u003e \tLiterature and Sources\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. Communist Concepts in Crisis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Communist Party – Leader of the People, Protector of the Country\u003cbr\u003e \tThe DKP – For the National Independence of the Danish People\u003cbr\u003e \tThe SKP – Completing Swedish Democracy\u003cbr\u003e \t1956 and Beyond – Towards an Unclear Future\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Twentieth Congress of the CPSU\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Invasion of Hungary\u003cbr\u003e \tMore than One Communism – the International Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. Adaptation and Innovation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tRenewal of Communism\u003cbr\u003e \tSF and the Danish New Left\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Open Marriage of Swedish Communism\u003cbr\u003e \tReinventing Internationalism\u003cbr\u003e \tThird World Solidarity and Virtual Internationalism\u003cbr\u003e \tEurope and Norden – the Regional Identity\u003cbr\u003e \tWelfare, Culture and Class – the Domestic Aspect\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Pros and Cons of Welfare\u003cbr\u003e \tCulture, Modernity, Alienation\u003cbr\u003e \tClass and People\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. Contesting Pragmatism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Late 1960s and the Radical Youth\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Global Contestation.\u003cbr\u003e \tVietnam, America and the World Revolution\u003cbr\u003e \tVietnam in Denmark: from Moral Indignation to Revolutionary Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e \tVietnam in Sweden: the Leninist Renaissance\u003cbr\u003e \tAmerica and Anti-Americanism\u003cbr\u003e \tParty Splits\u003cbr\u003e \tReturn of Europe\u003cbr\u003e \tNew European Threats, Fascism and Imperialism\u003cbr\u003e \t1968!\u003cbr\u003e \tCapitalism at Home – the End of Exceptionalism\u003cbr\u003e \tWelfare or Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Fascist Threat\u003cbr\u003e \tNordic Colonialism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. Turning Inwards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Transformation of Capitalism and the Establishment of Estrangement\u003cbr\u003e \tSplits on Common Ground, the ‘Groupuscules’ Phenomenon\u003cbr\u003e \tPopular Movements Revisited\u003cbr\u003e \tReturn of the Working Class\u003cbr\u003e \tPopular Culture\u003cbr\u003e \tRevival of Nationalism\u003cbr\u003e \tRevivalism and Conservatism\u003cbr\u003e \tThe End is Near!\u003cbr\u003e \tCountries in Crisis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: The End of the Road\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe End of Leftist Hegemony\u003cbr\u003e \tThe End of Progression\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Radical Trap\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Left on the Defensive\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Summary, Conclusions and Outlook\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tSummary: Transformations and Crises\u003cbr\u003e \tConcepts and Crises\u003cbr\u003e \tOutlook – the left in the 1980s\u003cbr\u003e \tMilitancy and Pragmatism – the Danish left\u003cbr\u003e \tAlternative Roads, Beyond Left and Right in Sweden\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042973516119,"sku":"9781845453664","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/transformations-and-crises-the-left-and-the-nation-in-denmark-and-sweden-1956-1980-9781845453664","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}