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Summary:THE SECOND OF 5 CONVERSATIONS EXPLORING A GROWING SENSE OF UNEASE AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE YEAR 2000. DOES THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM SIGNAL THE END OF UTOPIAN THINKING? IS SOCIALISM - IN ANY GUISE - A SPENT FORCE, IRRELEVANT TO A FUTURE IN WHICH LIBERAL DEMOCRACY AND THE MARKET PLACE REIGN SUPREME? IS IT THE END OF HISTORY? NOVELIST SALMAN RUSHDIE, FRENCH POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER ALAIN FIENKELKRAUT AND CULTURAL CRITIC STUART HALL, PINPOINT THE EXPLOSION OF NATIONALISM, THE MOUNTING TENSIONS OF ETHNIC RIVALRIES IN EUROPE AND THE BANKRUPTCY OF POLITICAL IDEAS AS THE KEY ELEMENTS OF A DANGEROUS FUTURE.
Description:INTELLIGENT LITERARY DISCUSSION ABOUT VARIOUS SERIOUS ASPECTS OF FIN DE SIECLE