VIOLENCE IN TRANSLATION : GEORGES SOREL, LIBERALISM AND TOTALITARIANISM FROM WEIMAR TO WOODSTOCK

Abstract: This paper traces readings of Georges Sorel (1847–1922) from Carl Schmitt to Saul Bellow. The image of Sorel that came out of Weimar-era sociological debate around Schmitt and Karl Mannheim was simplified and hardened by émigré scholars in the war years, put to good use in the anti-totalit...

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Veröffentlicht in:History of Political Thought. - Imprint Academic Ltd.. - 38(2017), 4, Seite 733-763
1. Verfasser: Brandom, Eric (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:History of Political Thought
Schlagworte:Georges Sorel Totalitarianism Liberalism violence myth Marxism reception history emigrés Weimar New Left mehr... Carl Schmitt Karl Mannheim Isaiah Berlin