Телеграм канал «Политическая теория и философия (Political theory and philosophy)»

Р. Королев - Знамя Интернационала с Лотреамоном

О книге «Наши товарищи или мелкобуржуазные мистики? Восприятие сюрреализма в СССР в 1920–1930-е годы»

Деятелям европейского левого авангарда долгое время свойственно было возлагать на СССР как на страну победившей революции преувеличенные надежды, а советский официоз воротил от их идей нос, но видел в них самих пользу как в возмутителях спокойствия на буржуазном Западе. Как в действительности воспринимался сюрреализм изнутри раннесоветского государства и как это отношение окончательно сменилось на враждебное, рассказывает книга Данилы Люкшина, изданная недавно Музеем «Гараж».

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Hyung-A Kim - Reassessing the Park Chung Hee Era, 1961-1979: Development, Political Thought, Democracy, and Cultural Influence

The Republic of Korea achieved a double revolution in the second half of the twentieth century. In just over three decades, South Korea transformed itself from an underdeveloped, agrarian country into an affluent, industrialized one. At the same time, democracy replaced a long series of military authoritarian regimes. These historic changes began under President Park Chung Hee, who seized power through a military coup in 1961 and ruled South Korea until his assassination on October 26, 1979. While the state's dominant role in South Korea's rapid industrialization is widely accepted, the degree to which Park was personally responsible for changing the national character remains hotly debated. This book examines the rationale and ideals behind Park's philosophy of national development in order to evaluate the degree to which the national character and moral values were reconstructed.

Daron Acemoglu - What Happened to Liberal Democracy?: Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity

The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 raised hopes that we were one step closer to the triumph of liberalism. Soon, many predicted, we would all be living in functional liberal democracies. Sustained economic growth would benefit all segments of society and war would be a relic of the past. A generation later, one can only ask: What happened?

Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu argues in this powerful book that liberal democracy flourished when it pursued its core promises of shared prosperity, democratic governance, and the free pursuit of knowledge. But liberalism, a philosophy built to challenge power, never fully adjusted to becoming the establishment. Nor was it able to deal with the economic and social disruptions that digital technologies wrought. Worse, in the postindustrial economy, liberalism turned its back on its core promises. As a segment of college-educated elites became politically dominant and separated from the rest of society, they sowed the seeds of widespread inequality while intensifying efforts to reshape mass culture and values.

Acemoglu, using the interdisciplinary lens that has won him acclaim, documents the extraordinary, unparalleled progress that liberalism created, and recounts how liberal democratic institutions plunged themselves into crisis over the last several decades. Looking at rapid advances in technology, shifts in regulatory environments, global political history, and economics, Acemoglu lucidly lays out the successes and failures of our most important political system. And he envisions a new way forward, which he calls working-class liberalism: a philosophy that prioritizes shared prosperity, empowers communities, and accommodates a range of values and views.

Zachary T. Irwin - The Tito-Stalin Split of 1948: Regional Implications and International Consequences

This book explores Yugoslavia’s expulsion from the Soviet Cominform and its broader impact on international politics. Although being acknowledged as a crucial turning point during the Cold War, the split between Josip Broz Tito and Joseph Stalin in 1948 has not been widely investigated in historical research. Drawing on archival sources, the authors demonstrate the continuing historical relevance of this event to Europe’s contemporary diplomatic landscape. Providing different lenses through which to understand the impact of the Split on international affairs, the significance of Tito and Stalin’s conflict in the post-war years is emphasised. The collection is divided into two parts, the first covering the regional dynamics of the Split in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, and the second discussing the consequences for international relations.