Word: marxist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That doesn't mean a Marxist revival is just around the corner...
...there's going to be a revival of Marxism at Harvard, it won't be in economics. Instead, Marxist interpretations of history are popping up in progressive and radical movements like feminism and multiculturalism...
...Marxist thought rebounded in the late 1960s as flower children and disenchanted youth sought a new ideology. "People turned to Marx because it offered a kind of coherence that rivaled mainstream economics yet was fundamentally different," says Barker Professor of Economics Stephen A. Marglin...
Since the mid-1970s, campus Marxism has been on the decline, and the demise of the Soviet Union dealt an especially harsh blow. Professor of History Mark A. Kishlansky, who comments on Marxist interpretations of English history, says: "The failure of the regimes that were Marxist-inspired has made it a much more difficult sell...
...writing is usually as far as '90s Marxism goes. While students and faculty at Harvard are happy to discuss Marxist ideas in the dining hall or in academic journals, they are far less likely to be attending demonstrations or contributing to revolutionary organizations...