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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454277803321

Autore

Horowitz Irving Louis

Titolo

Radicalism and the revolt against reason [[electronic resource] ] : the social theories of Georges Sorel, with a translation of his essay on The decomposition of Marxism / / by Irving Louis Horowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 2009

ISBN

1-282-28340-5

9786612283406

0-203-87130-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Altri autori (Persone)

SorelGeorges <1847-1922.>

Disciplina

335.82

Soggetti

Radicalism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE01; COPYRIGHT01; TITLE02; COPYRIGHT02; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; RADICALISM AND THE REVOLT AGAINST REASON THEN AND NOW; I PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE REVOLT AGAINST REASON; II MEN AND MOVEMENTS IN FIN DE SIÈCLE FRANCE; III STATE, SOCIETY AND SOCIALISM; IV SACRED AND SECULAR HISTORY; V THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ACTION; VI THE AGONIES OF PRAGMATIC SOCIALISM; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; HISTORICAL NOTE ON THE DECOMPOSITION OF MARXISM; TRANSLATION OF THE DECOMPOSITION OF MARXISM; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Radicalism and the Revolt Against Reason is a work that continues to have a steady and large scale impact on political and social theory fifty years since its first appearance. A study of how radical thought modifies its actions and ideologies in a time of unrealized and frustrated expectations, the focus is on Georges Sorel and the Europe of the fin de siècle, a time when socialist revolution was forcefully set aside by liberal reform. In a technique that presaged contemporary period, radical demands did not simply dissolve or disappear, they profoundly changed emphasis f