The God That Failed - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0231123957 ISBN 13: 9780231123952

Casa editrice: Columbia Univ Pr, 2001

Riassunto

The God That Failed is a classic work and crucial document of the Cold War that brings together essays by six of the most important writers of the twentieth century on their conversion to and subsequent disillusionment with communism. In describing their own experiences, the authors illustrate the fate of leftism around the world. André Gide (France), Richard Wright (the United States), Ignazio Silone (Italy), Stephen Spender (England), Arthur Koestler (Germany), and Louis Fischer, an American foreign correspondent, all tell how their search for the betterment of humanity led them to communism, and the personal agony and revulsion which then caused them to reject it. David Engerman's new foreword to this central work of our time recounts the tumultuous events of the era, providing essential background. It also describes the book's origins and impact, the influence of communism in American intellectual life, and how the events described in The God That Failed continue to affect public discourse today.

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L'autore:

Richard Crossman (1907–74) was a leader in the British Labour Party, serving in the Cabinet from 1964 until 1970.

David C. Engerman is assistant professor of history at Brandeis University.

Product Description:

-- Daniel Bell

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Columbia Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0231123957
• ISBN 13: 9780231123952
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 273
• Redattore: Crossman Richard Howard Stafford