The Spirit of the Revolution
Title | The Spirit of the Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | John Clement Fitzpatrick |
Publisher | |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | United States |
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The Spirit of Revolution
Title | The Spirit of Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Drucilla Cornell |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 2016-01-19 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0745690785 |
In recent years, feminist and queer theory have effectively disavowed both “the human” and revolutionary politics. In the face of massive geopolitical crisis, posthumanists have called for us to reconsider fundamentally the superiority and centrality of mankind and “the human,” and question how Man can presume to change the world by revolutionary action, particularly when Marx’s dreams seem to have been swept into the dustbin of history. This provocative book reaffirms what is most basic in feminism – the attack on the “universality” and sovereignty of Man – but contends that the only way this can mean anything other than pessimistic rhetoric is to embrace human agency and the struggle against colonialism and capitalism. In a series of “creolized” readings – Foucault with Ali Shari’ati, Lacan with Fanon, and Spinoza with Sylvia Wynter – the authors demonstrate what is at stake in the ongoing debate between humanism and posthumanism, putting this debate in the context of contemporary global crises and the possibilities of revolution. In its defense of “political spirituality,” this book pushes for a new trajectory in response to the gross inequalities of today, one that offers us a very different view of revolution and its present-day potential.
The Spirit of '74
Title | The Spirit of '74 PDF eBook |
Author | Ray Raphael |
Publisher | New Press, The |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2015-08-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1620971275 |
How ordinary people went from resistance to revolution: “[A] concise, lively narrative . . . the authors expertly build tension.” —Publishers Weekly Americans know about the Boston Tea Party and “the shot heard ’round the world,” but sixteen months divided these two iconic events, a period that has nearly been lost to history. The Spirit of ’74 fills in this gap in our nation’s founding narrative, showing how in these mislaid months, step by step, real people made a revolution. After the Tea Party, Parliament not only shut down a port but also revoked the sacred Massachusetts charter. Completely disenfranchised, citizens rose up as a body and cast off British rule everywhere except in Boston, where British forces were stationed. A “Spirit of ’74” initiated the American Revolution, much as the better-known “Spirit of ’76” sparked independence. Redcoats marched on Lexington and Concord to take back a lost province, but they encountered Massachusetts militiamen who had trained for months to protect the revolution they had already made. The Spirit of ’74 places our founding moment in a rich new historical context, both changing and deepening its meaning for all Americans.
Spirit of the Revolution: New Light from Some of the Original Sources of American History
Title | Spirit of the Revolution: New Light from Some of the Original Sources of American History PDF eBook |
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Release | 1924 |
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The Spirit of the Revolution
Title | The Spirit of the Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 300 |
Release | 1968 |
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The Spirit of Revolution in 1789
Title | The Spirit of Revolution in 1789 PDF eBook |
Author | Cornwell Burnham Rogers |
Publisher | Greenwood |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | France |
ISBN |
The spirit of the revolution
Title | The spirit of the revolution PDF eBook |
Author | John C. Fitzpatrick |
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Release | 1924 |
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