Ernest Mandel: A Rebel's Dream Deferred

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Ernest Mandel was a significant anti-Stalinist Marxist intellectual whose influence spanned political theory, economics, and cultural studies. A key figure in the Fourth International, he began his revolutionary activities at sixteen, surviving the Nazi regime while losing family to concentration camps. Biographer Jan Willem Stutje, with unprecedented access to Mandel's archives, explores his escapes from the Nazis, involvement in Latin American guerrilla warfare, and relationships with prominent thinkers and activists, alongside insights into Mandel's complex personal life.