{"product_id":"new-left-review-issue-86-by-the-new-left-review","title":"'New Left Review: Issue 86' by the New Left Review","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-69eabb59-4cc8-839c-8c97-e04927ef0509-12\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relative w-full overflow-visible\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-69eabb59-4cc8-839c-8c97-e04927ef0509-12\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-69eabb59-4cc8-839c-8c97-e04927ef0509-12\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-314\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"373a0f05-7b9b-40ab-bc39-2bd473f44130\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"488\"\u003eThis 1974 issue of the New Left Review includes a substantial interview with Lucio Colletti — one of the major postwar Italian Marxist philosophers — alongside essays by Ernest Mandel, Bob Rowthorn and Pekka Haapakoski on Bolshevism, Finnish communism, political economy and the fractures emerging inside European left thought during the Cold War.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"1027\"\u003eYou can feel a period where political theory was treated as materially consequential — where debates around Lenin, Althusser, Stalinism, economism and class composition were not academic branding exercises but attempts to understand how entire social systems had failed, hardened or transformed. The interview with Colletti is especially sharp: combative, disillusioned, historically precise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1029\" data-end=\"1422\"\u003eAs an object, it also sits beautifully alongside the history of radical publishing itself. Perry Anderson-era \u003cem data-start=\"1139\" data-end=\"1156\"\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/em\u003e occupies that zone between journal, artefact and political fossil record — austere design, dense typography, almost anti-commercial in presentation. The kind of publication that assumes the reader is willing to do the work. Which now feels almost utopian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1435\" data-end=\"1640\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1974 issue in good second-hand condition, with clean interior pages and light age wear throughout. Original bookseller sticker remains on front cover alongside minor marks consistent with age and handling.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44633282707539,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-18T144315.213.png?v=1779079412","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/new-left-review-issue-86-by-the-new-left-review","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}