The New Left rejected economic thought as the essence of bourgeois contempt

Evidence

The “identifying marks of the New Left,” Kristol asserted, “are its refusal to think econom ical ly and its contempt for bourgeois society precisely because this is a society that does think eco nom ical ly.” — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 530

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The New Left treated culture as constitutive, not subordinate to economics; The New Left expanded rather than collapsed the definition of culture and politics; The Stalinist experience drove the New Left to favor ideas over party institutions. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 788 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The New Left treated culture as constitutive, not subordinate to economics #expands (0.85)
• The New Left expanded rather than collapsed the definition of culture and politics #expands (0.82)
• The New Left’s cultural-political self-conception drove postmodernism’s turn to aesthetics. #expands (0.78) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 2200
• The Stalinist experience drove the New Left to favor ideas over party institutions. #expands (0.75) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 788