The Hero in History
Considered by some the most controversial American philosopher of contemporary times, SIDNEY HOOK (1902-1989) was infamous for the wild swing in his political thought over the course of his career, starting out as a young Marxist before the Great Depression and ending up a vehement anti-Communist in his later years.Hook's conception of history and the individual's impact upon it is the subject of this intriguing work, first published in 1943. Subtitled A Study in Limitation and Possibility, it examines the concept of the hero as it relates to leadership in the modern world, the hero as a child of crisis, how the character of rulers affects so…
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- ISBN: 978-1-60520-374-4
- EAN: 9781605203744
- Produktnummer: 39337144
- Verlag: Cosimo Classics
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 292 S.
- Masse: H21.5 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.3 cm 374 g
- Gewicht: 374
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