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

• Autore: Horowitz Irving Louis
• Pubblicazione: London, : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Disciplina: 335.82
• Soggetto topico: Radicalism
• Altri autori: SorelGeorges <1847-1922.>
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Radicalism and the revolt against reason
• ISBN: 1-282-28340-5; 9786612283406; 0-203-87130-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778200603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge revivals.