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Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000

By Geoff Eley

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2002
ISBN
9780195044799, 9780195184877, 0195044797, 0195037847, 9780195037845
Open Library ID
OL7386280M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3737158 bytes)
Pages
721\721
Topic
History
Time added
2010-10-01 23:25:00

Description

First of all, I should say that I am not part of 'the Left', whatever qualifies a person to be called by that epithet. However, unlike the reviewer who gave this book 1-star, I am willing to approach the facts in this book (as well as the opinion of the author) for what they are. The reviewer who gave this book 1-star cautions that the reader "should not expect much balance in his [the writer's] writing." This criticism certainly applies to a greater extent to the reviewer, who is not reviewing the book, but his own disgust with 'the Left.' With regard to the book, the author has an interesting thesies; he argues that the Left was crucial in forging modern democracy. To a large extent I was convinced, although I do not share all the author's observations. His facts, however, are hard to dispute. If you are interested in the subject, you will not be disappointed by this book.

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