Left On! The Glorious Bourgeois Cultural Revolution
| Title | Left On! The Glorious Bourgeois Cultural Revolution |
| Year for Search | 1973 |
| Authors | Rositzke, Harry [Heinrich August](1911-2003) |
| Date Published | 1973 |
| Publisher | Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co. |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Satire on U.S. politics seen through a eutopia of "evolutionary democracy", which has striking affinities to aspects of China under Mao Tse-tung (1893-1976), including a "Cultural Revolution". Some have read it as intending to present a eutopia; others have read it as an attack on the left. The inside front and back covers have a Chronology of the period covered by the book (July 1972 to February 1975). |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Full Text | 1973 Rositzke, Harry [Heinrich August] (1911-2003). Left On! The Glorious Bourgeois Cultural Revolution. New York: Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co. PSt Satire on U.S. politics seen through a eutopia of “evolutionary democracy”, which has striking affinities to aspects of China under Mao Tse-tung (1893-1976), including a “Cultural Revolution”. Some have read it as intending to present a eutopia; others have read it as an attack on the left. The inside front and back covers have a Chronology of the period covered by the book (July 1972 to February 1975). The author was a highly placed Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative. |
