Nuevas derechas, viejas izquierdas : Una conversación con Enzo Traverso

Abstract

The present reflections are the result of a series of conversations with Enzo Traverso that took place in mid-November, in the city of Buenos Aires. Traverso obtained his PhD degree at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris, France), who currently works as a professor and researcher in the United States. Author of important books on contemporary European history, Enzo Traverso has written numerous reflections on historiographical practice and on the relationship between memory, politics and history. During his last visit to Argentina, he gave lectures and seminars in the framework of the Marx 200 years International Encounter. On this occasion, and about the publication in Spanish of his last two books (The New Faces of the Right and Left Melancholy. Marxism, history and memory), he agreed to discuss the new Latin American rights, the feminist movements, the situation of the left worldwide, and the nature of neoliberalism. Here we present and transcribe the result of those conversations.