Radicalism and the Revolt Against Reason (Routledge Revivals): The Social Theories of Georges Sorel with a Translation of His Essay on the Decompositi

ISBN-13: 9780415557795 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 264 str.

Irving Louis Horowitz

Opis

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 siecle, 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 from the impersonal forces of history to highly personal forces of individual will. This edition includes a substantial brand new introduction by the author.

Recenzje

'A serious and valuable contribution to its subject.' - Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

Part I: Preliminary Observations on the Revolt Against Reason  Part II: Men and Movements in Fin de Siècle France  1. Charles Péguy: The Unity of Revelation and Revolution  2. Fernand Pelloutier: Irrational State Against Rational Man  3. Henri Bergson: The Liberation of Will from Intelligence Part III: State, Society and Socialism  1. The Magical Force of the State  2. Socialism and the Future of State Authority  3. Democracy and the Role of Coercion in Human Affairs  4. Bureaucracy and Mass Politics  Part IV: Sacred and Secular History  1. From Factual History to the Philosophy of History  2. From the Philosophy of History to History as Myth  3. Illusion and Reality in Human Progress  4. History and Histrionics: The Role of Violence  Part V: The Role of Violence  1. Political Mythology and the Higher Truths  2. Science and the Inhibition of Social Activity  3. The Heroism and Virility of Sublimity  Part VI: The Agonies of Pragmatic Socialism  1. From Political Sociology to the Sociology of Politics  2. Sorel and the Dilemma of Authoritarian Politics  3. The Paradox of Power and the Collapse of Pragmatic Socialism

O autorze

Irving Louis Horowitz