Description
Classic study of Jewish libertarian thought, from Walter Benjamin to Franz Kafka
About the Author
Michael Loewy is Research Director of Sociology at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris. He is the author of numerous books, including George Lukacs: From Romanticism to Bolshevism, The Politics of Combined and Uneven Development: The Theory of Permanent Revolution, Marxism in Latin America, The War of the Gods: Religion and Politics in Latin America and Fire Alarm: Reading Walter Benjamin's 'On the Concept of History'.
Reviews
Loewy explores in this remarkable study . a generation of Central European Jewish intellectuals of an antiauthoritarian political orientation who left a considerable mark on twentieth-century radical thought . As Loewy's subtle and profound book reminds us, their legacy is a rich one. * American Historical Review *
An exceptional thinker. * Le Monde *
Book Information
ISBN 9781786630858
Author Michael Loewy
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 318g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 20mm