From the New Left to Postmodern Populism: An Interview with Paul Piccone

In: Telos, Heft 122, S. 133-152

Abstract

This interview with Piccone attempts to gain an understanding of the philosophies of the American New Left. Telos was based on the knowledge that traditional American values have been compromised as the federal model has been transformed into a national one. The result has been a US "technocratic oxymoron" that works through centralization of power, planning, rationalization, & professional rule, but claims to honor the values of individuality, local autonomy, & communitarianism. The interview covers current differences between Left & Right, the cultural challenges of globalization, domination by the New Class, the demonization of populism, political correctness censorship, & the potential of economic growth through an American free trade zone encompassing North & South America. L. A. Hoffman