A letter to the 21st century

Authors
Visvanathan, S
Citation
S. Visvanathan, A letter to the 21st century, ECON POLIT, 35(1-2), 2000, pp. 12-15
Categorie Soggetti
Politucal Science & public Administration
Journal title
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY
ISSN journal
00129976 → ACNP
Volume
35
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
12 - 15
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-9976(20000108)35:1-2<12:ALTT2C>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
How does one look at the 20th century? It is not a tragedy or a comedy. It is not an epic. No political manifesto captures it. Only a bureaucratic doc ument can mimic its impersonality, its reality. The 20th century was the ce ntury of utopia, the utopia of plan, market and revolution. It was a centur y of nightmares.