Politics of Authenticity - Radical Individualism and the Emergence of Modern Society

Informationen zum Autor Marshall Berman is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at City College of New York and CCNY Graduate Center, where he teaches political theory and urban studies. He writes frequently for The Nation and The Village Voice , and serves on the editorial board of Dissent . He is the author of The Politics of Authenticity ; All That Is Solid Melts into Air ; and On the Town . Klappentext Subtitled, "Radical Individualism & The Emergence Of Modern Society". Explores the historical experiences and needs out of which the new radicalism arose. Focussing on eighteenth-century Paris, a time and place in which a modern form of society was just coming into its own, this book shows how the ideal of authenticity - of a self that could organize the individual's energy and direct it toward his own happiness.

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• Authors: Marshall Berman, Berman Marshall
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2009
• EAN: 9781844674404
• ISBN: 978-1-84467-440-4
• No. of pages: 358
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Ideologies, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political ideologies and movements