The State - Couverture souple

Bourne, Randolph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1646790138 ISBN 13 : 9781646790135

Editeur : Cosimo Classics, 2020

Synopsis

"War is the health of the State" --Randolph Bourne, in The State, 1918

The State was an unfinished, unpaginated draft left by Randolph Bourne when he died during the flu pandemic of 1918. This draft, also known as War is the Health of the State, was published posthumously in a collection of essays Untimely Papers (1919).

The State offers a powerful analysis of the link between state and war, and about the exploitation of war by the state in order to bring to the fore the herd instinct of the people. In times of peace, people pursue their own self-interest, identify with society, interact with government, and only occasionally encounter the state institutions. In times of war, the government and state become virtually identical, so that to oppose the government becomes an act of disloyalty to the state.

Bourne's positions in The State are as thought-provoking and relevant as ever for students of history, political scientists and others interested in the role of war for the modern state.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

RANDOLPH S. BOURNE (1886-1918) was an American progressive critic and writer, best known for his essays, such as Trans-national America and his unfinished work The State. Bourne died in the Spanish flu pandemic after World War I.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cosimo Classics
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1646790138
• ISBN 13: 9781646790135
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 98
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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