ISBN:
9781845192907
,
1845192907
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 187 p.
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Ohana, David, Nihilist order v. 2
DDC:
306.2
Keywords:
Mythology Political aspects
;
Myth Political aspects
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Description / Table of Contents:
The role of myth in historyThe origins of Sorelian thought -- The birth of civilization out of myth -- The illusions of harmony -- Marxism in Nietzschean dress -- Violence and force, myth and utopia -- The Dreyfus revolution -- The Sorelian order -- Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch and the fascist myth -- Ernst Cassirer and the rise of "myth-leader" -- Camus, Sartre, Arendt and the myth of violence -- Marshall Mcluhan, technology and myth -- The "anti-intellectual" intellectuals as political mythmakers.
Note:
Formerly CIP Uk
,
Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-183) and index
,
The role of myth in history -- The origins of Sorelian thought -- The birth of civilization out of myth -- The illusions of harmony -- Marxism in Nietzschean dress -- Violence and force, myth and utopia -- The Dreyfus revolution -- The Sorelian order -- Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch and the fascist myth -- Ernst Cassirer and the rise of "myth-leader" -- Camus, Sartre, Arendt and the myth of violence -- Marshall Mcluhan, technology and myth -- The "anti-intellectual" intellectuals as political mythmakers
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