The bullet's song: romantic violence and utopia

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Pfaff discusses writers, artists, intellectual soldiers, and religious revolutionaries (including : T.E. Lawrence -- Gabriele D'Annunzio -- Ernst Jünger -- Willi Münzenberg -- André Malraux -- Arthur Koestler -- Vladimir Peniakoff -- Benito Mussolini -- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti -- Che Guevara -- Charles de Foucauld -- Simone Weil -- Jean-Paul Sartre) who are implicated in the twentieth century's physical and moral violence.

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Full title :The bullet's song : romantic violence and utopia / William Pfaff.

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Pfaff discusses writers, artists, intellectual soldiers, and religious revolutionaries (including : T.E. Lawrence -- Gabriele D'Annunzio -- Ernst Jünger -- Willi Münzenberg -- André Malraux -- Arthur Koestler -- Vladimir Peniakoff -- Benito Mussolini -- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti -- Che Guevara -- Charles de Foucauld -- Simone Weil -- Jean-Paul Sartre) who are implicated in the twentieth century's physical and moral violence.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2004.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2004.

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Description:1 online resource (368 pages)

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oclc:on1147990314
LC Classification:HN16
Dewey Decimal:303.6/094/0904

Romanticism and violence -- Overture -- I: Chivalry -- The fallen hero -- The warrior -- The happy man -- II: Utopias -- The Mediterranean superman -- The confidence man -- L'Homme engagé -- The anti-communist -- Coda: the romantic revolutionary -- Progress.

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Helden (personen) Histoire sociale -- 20e siècle History Idéalisme Intellectuals -- Political activity Intellectuals -- Political activity -- … Intellectuels -- Activité politique -- … Politiek geweld Radicalism Radicalism -- History -- 20th century Radicalisme -- Histoire -- 20e siècle social history Social history -- 20th century Utopisten