What Happened in the Eighties?

In the eighties, i didn't ndtime there much, except in 89. But you did hear people talk about how robust the conversations were. There was an intellectual yeastness that matched the so of marketization of the economy. And then you had figures like fanlise, who, in 86 and 87, went abroad and started writing about his experiences abroad. He spoke at every major university in the most eligent but provocative way.