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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  This title in other formats:The Long Detour: The History and Future of the American Left
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The Long Detour is an intellectually engaging overview of the history of socialism in the United States and of the continuing relevance of socialist principles today. Historian and journalist James Weinstein, a lifelong socialist and one-time Communist, takes readers from the movement's early years of utopian communities, through the heyday of engagement with the makers of corporate America, and into the future of a de-industrializing era. He contends that socialism as a political movement was sidetracked when Communist domination of the American left stifled creative social thought and diverted the traditional left into sterile disputes over the true nature of the Soviet Union. And he argues that while “real existing socialism” – which is what the Soviets called their system – is dead, the humane social principles articulated by Marx and the leaders of the pre-1917 socialist movement remain vitally important to those on the left who seek to realize the promise of American democracy. Book News Annotation:Why is there no coherent (socialist) left in the United States?
Weinstein (founding editor and publisher of In These Times and
founder of the Socialist Review) is one of the most recent writers to
attempt to address this question in his history of American leftism
during the 19th and 20th centuries. He argues that the dominance of
the left by the communists was a serious problem leading to an
inability of the left to address American realities, even if many
leftist proposals were adopted during the Progressive and New Deal
eras and ameliorated some of the most pernicious effects of
capitalism for large numbers of people.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-269) and index.
About the Author James Weinstein is the founding editor and publisher of In These Times magazine, and was the founder of the Socialist Review. He is the author of several books, including The Decline of Socialism in America and The Corporate Ideal in the Liberal State. He lives in Chicago. Table of ContentsThe first round : a home of their own — Birth pangs : socialism enters the real world — Limits of growth : principles transcend party — Good intentions : the Russian Revolution as an act of war — Playing catch-up but losing ground — Capitalism collapses : whatever happened to socialism? — Fronts, decay, amnesia, and a new left — Thigh bone connected to the hip bone : the women's movement, civil rights, and the war machine — The hard part : socialist principles in the post-industrial era — Entering the mainstream : what is to be done?
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