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Title: POLITICAL PILGRIMS
TRAVELS OF WESTERN INTELLECTUALS TO THE SOVIET UNION, CHINA AND CUBA
By: Paul Hollander
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0819173843
ISBN 13: 9780819173843
Publisher: UNIVERSITY PRESS OF AMERICA
Pub. date: 19 November, 1990
Pages: 574
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Synopsis: Why have noted Western intellectualsofrom George Bernard Shaw to Jean-Paul Sartre to Susan Sontagoembraced the vision of various "revolutionary" societies, often in their most repressive historical phase, while downgrading (and yet enjoying) the benefits of Western liberal pluralistic political cultures? How have the delusions and dreams of many Western observers of the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, and other socialist states contributed to a moral and political double standard? Paul Hollander explores these crucial questions in a remarkable study of travel reports on socialist countries written by Western visitors. Observing that political pilgrims represent a tradition of seeking alternatives to flawed social arrangements at home, Hollander also suggests that underlying these visits is a quest for meaning, purpose, and sense of community that intellectuals feel increasingly deprived of in secular and individualistic societies in the West. Political Pilgrims, listed among "The Notable Books of the Year" in the New York Times Book Review, is a provocative study of the relationship between political commitment, perception, and moral sensibility.Originally published by Oxford University Press in 1981.
Publication: US
Imprint: University Press of America
Returns: Returnable
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