Fear of PCF power launched the Nouveaux Philosophes to prominence

Evidence

By 1976, however, the Socialist and Communist Parties had agreed on a Common Programme, and looked increasingly likely to win the next legislative elections. The prospect of the PCF in government for the first time since the onset of the Cold War sowed panic in respectable opinion, prompting a violent ideological 29 counter-offensive. The result was the rocketing to prominence of the Nouveaux Philosophes, a group of former soixante-huitard publicists, patronized by the media and the Elysée. — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 70

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Anti-Utopian anxiety fears socialism as simplification rather than greater complexity — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 725; Intellectual excitement about revolution coexisted with genuine fear in 1947 France — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 789; Anti-totalitarian fear of Utopia blames revolution for violence that counterrevolution originates — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 858 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Anti-Utopian anxiety fears socialism as simplification rather than greater complexity #complicates (0.80) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 725
• Intellectual excitement about revolution coexisted with genuine fear in 1947 France #corroborates (0.75) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 789
• Anti-totalitarian fear of Utopia blames revolution for violence that counterrevolution originates #complicates (0.75) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 858
• avant-garde shock loses its subversive force once it becomes expected and institutionalized #complicates (0.75) — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 564