Politics, Intellectuals, and Faith – Essays
"We all know Kafkas letter about the effect books should exert: 'If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for?' This question underpins Matthew Feldmans ethical rigor. With a slap in the face or a blow to the head,Politics, Ideology, and Faithreminds us of the need to reopen old and new archives so as to assess key texts of modernism and recent acts of terrorism. One needs to examine to what degree they have been tainted by fascism, denial, totalitarianism, and intolerance. There is a lot to learn from these courageous explorations of the darker sides of our modern and contemporary culture." Professor Jean-Michel Rabaté, University of Pennsylvania, American Academy of the Arts and Sciences
This wide-ranging collection of academic essays examines the various undertakings by modern intellectuals and ideologues in the process of propaganda and political debate. Matthew Feldman calls attention to the substantial role played in post-Great War Europe and the US by religionsboth familiar monotheisms like Christianity and secular political faiths -- over the last century of upheaval and revolutionary change. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9783838209869
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
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"We all know Kafkas letter about the effect books should exert: 'If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for?' This question underpins Matthew Feldmans ethical rigor. With a slap in the face or a blow to the head,Politics, Ideology, and Faithreminds us of the need to reopen old and new archives so as to assess key texts of modernism and recent acts of terrorism. One needs to examine to what degree they have been tainted by fascism, denial, totalitarianism, and intolerance. There is a lot to learn from these courageous explorations of the darker sides of our modern and contemporary culture." Professor Jean-Michel Rabaté, University of Pennsylvania, American Academy of the Arts and Sciences