An Impatient Life : A Memoir

Resumen del libro

In the classic tradition of the philosopher activist, Daniel Bensaid tells the story of a life deeply entwined with the history of both the French and the international Left. From his family bistro in a staunchly red neighborhood of Toulouse to the founding of the Jeunesses communistes revolutionnaires in the 1960s, from the joyous explosion of May 1968 to the painful experience of defeat in Latin America, from the re-reading of Marx to the Marrano trail, Bensaid relates a life of ideological and practical struggle in which he unflinchingly sought to understand capitalism without ever succumbing to its temptations.

Biografía del autor

Tariq Ali es escritor, cineasta y una de las voces más destacadas de la izquierda radical. Ha escrito más de una docena de ensayos sobre historia y política mundiales, incluidos "La idea del comunismo", "El extremo centro", "Los dilemas de Lenin" o "El síndrome Obama", así como novelas entre las que destacan "A la sombra del granado", "La noche de la Mariposa Dorada" o "Un sultán en Palermo"; todos ellos publicados en Alianza Editorial. Es editor de "New Left Review" y vive en Londres.

Biografía del autor

Daniel Bensaid (1946 2010) was a founder member of the Ligue Communiste and a leader for many years of the Fourth International. His many books include Walter Benjamin, sentinelle messianique; Jeanne de guerre lasse; Eloge de la politique profane; and Marx for Our Times.