{"product_id":"toen-marx-nog-in-de-mode-was-kees-van-der-pijl","title":"When Marx Was Still in Vogue - Kees van der Pijl","description":"\u003ch6 data-start=\"280\" data-end=\"347\"\u003eThere was a time when ideas seemed capable of changing the world.\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"599\"\u003eIn \"When Marx Was Still in Fashion,\" political scientist Kees van der Pijl takes you back to the 1970s and 80s, a period when Marxist thinkers, students, and academics played a significant role in the political and intellectual landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"826\"\u003eThe university was not a neutral place, but a battlefield of ideas, ideals, and power. Van der Pijl provides an inside account of how theory, activism, and geopolitics intertwined in a world that was in constant flux.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"828\" data-end=\"1034\"\u003eThis book is not a dry history lesson. It is a personal and sharp retrospective on a time when convictions truly had an impact, and when that world slowly transformed into something completely different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1036\" data-end=\"1133\"\u003eFor anyone who wants to understand how ideas become power, and how that power subsequently shifts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-section-id=\"1xtb87e\" data-start=\"1140\" data-end=\"1173\"\u003eWhy you'll want to read this book\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1174\" data-end=\"1453\"\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"x34u6x\" data-start=\"1174\" data-end=\"1248\"\u003eUnique insider perspective on the academic world of the 1970s-90s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1i7pws4\" data-start=\"1249\" data-end=\"1319\"\u003eAbout Marxism, universities, the Cold War, and ideological struggle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1n6l0pj\" data-start=\"1320\" data-end=\"1381\"\u003eSharply, personally, and sometimes surprisingly honestly written\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"d2fchm\" data-start=\"1382\" data-end=\"1453\"\u003eExplains how an entire era of thought emerged and disappeared\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-section-id=\"156fqg4\" data-start=\"1460\" data-end=\"1503\"\u003eFor readers interested in:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1504\" data-end=\"1645\"\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1qsfwcn\" data-start=\"1504\" data-end=\"1530\"\u003epolitical history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"8uawr2\" data-start=\"1531\" data-end=\"1547\"\u003eCold War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"t3fo4k\" data-start=\"1548\" data-end=\"1576\"\u003euniversity \u0026amp; ideology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"96u84p\" data-start=\"1577\" data-end=\"1618\"\u003epower and social change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1edwvhu\" data-start=\"1619\" data-end=\"1645\"\u003eintellectual memoirs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-section-id=\"1t6xrcw\" data-start=\"1652\" data-end=\"1668\"\u003eIn short:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1669\" data-end=\"1776\"\u003eA rare glimpse into a time when ideas truly held weight and shaped the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kees van der Pijl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54385372987734,"sku":"9789080642362","price":24.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/7427\/2086\/files\/9789080642362_front.jpg?v=1782817742","url":"https:\/\/shop.thatsthespirit.nu\/en-uk\/products\/toen-marx-nog-in-de-mode-was-kees-van-der-pijl","provider":"That's the Spirit","version":"1.0","type":"link"}