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      Originally published in German as Der lange Sommer der Theorie by Philipp Felsch © Verlag C. H. Beck oHG, Munich 2015

      This English edition © 2022 by Polity Press

      The translation of this work was funded by Geisteswissenschaften International – Translation Funding for Work in the Humanities and Social Sciences from Germany, a joint initiative of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, the German Federal Foreign Office, the collecting society VG WORT and the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Publishers & Booksellers Association).

      Front endpaper: Sector boundary at Wilhemstrasse, Berlin, 1960. Copyright © Shawn McBride / Will McBride Archive

      Back endpaper: The Gropius Building next to the Berlin Wall, Berlin, early 1980s © DACS, 2021

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      ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3985-7

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      Names: Felsch, Philipp, author. | Crawford, Tony (Translator) translator.

      Title: The summer of theory : history of a rebellion, 1960-1990 / Philipp Felsch ; translated by Tony Crawford.

      Other titles: Lange Sommer der Theorie. English | History of a rebellion, 1960-1990

      Description: English edition. | Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, [2021] | “Originally published in German as ‘Der lange Sommer der Theorie’ by Philipp Felsch, Verlag C. H. Beck oHG, München, 2015.” | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “The story of how the German Left fell in love with theory”-- Provided by publisher.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2021009973 (print) | LCCN 2021009974 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509539857 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509539871 (epub)

      Subjects: LCSH: Germany (West)--Intellectual life--20th century. | Germany (West)--Politics and government--1945-1990. | Intellectuals--Germany (West)--History--20th century. | Books and reading--Germany (West) | Germany (West)--Intellectual life--French influences.

      Classification: LCC DD260.3 .F4513 2021 (print) | LCC DD260.3 (ebook) | DDC 305.5/52094309045--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021009973

      LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021009974

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