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Passion and Paradox: Intellectuals Confront the National Question
Joan Cocks
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Description for Passion and Paradox: Intellectuals Confront the National Question
Paperback. From Kosovo to Quebec, Ireland to East Timor, nationalism has been a recurrent topic of intense debate. This book explores the power, danger, and allure of nationalism by examining its place in the thought of eight politically engaged intellectuals of nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It sheds light on the complexities of nationalism. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JPA; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
From Kosovo to Quebec, Ireland to East Timor, nationalism has been a recurrent topic of intense debate. It has been condemned as a source of hatred and war, yet embraced for stimulating community feeling and collective freedom. Joan Cocks explores the power, danger, and allure of nationalism by examining its place in the thought of eight politically engaged intellectuals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the antagonist of capital, Karl Marx; the critics of imperialism Rosa Luxemburg, Hannah Arendt, and Frantz Fanon; the liberal pluralist Isaiah Berlin; the neonationalist Tom Nairn, and the post-colonial writers, V. S. Naipaul and Edward ... Read more
From Kosovo to Quebec, Ireland to East Timor, nationalism has been a recurrent topic of intense debate. It has been condemned as a source of hatred and war, yet embraced for stimulating community feeling and collective freedom. Joan Cocks explores the power, danger, and allure of nationalism by examining its place in the thought of eight politically engaged intellectuals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the antagonist of capital, Karl Marx; the critics of imperialism Rosa Luxemburg, Hannah Arendt, and Frantz Fanon; the liberal pluralist Isaiah Berlin; the neonationalist Tom Nairn, and the post-colonial writers, V. S. Naipaul and Edward ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691074689
SKU
V9780691074689
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About Joan Cocks
Joan Cocks is Professor of Politics and Chair of the Program in Critical Social Thought at Mount Holyoke College. She is the author of The Oppositional Imagination; Feminism, Critique, and Political Theory.
Reviews for Passion and Paradox: Intellectuals Confront the National Question
"The nuance, complexity, and clarity of this volume are refreshing."
Choice "This book is much more than a compilation of essays
it is a systematic and thought-provoking work of political philosophy on a continually pressing set of issues."
Philip Spencer, Political Studies Review
Choice "This book is much more than a compilation of essays
it is a systematic and thought-provoking work of political philosophy on a continually pressing set of issues."
Philip Spencer, Political Studies Review