Angels and Demons: A Radical Anthology of Political Lives
A Marxist Analysis of Key Political and Historical Figures
Biography & Memoir, Political, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Tony McKenna | ISBN: | 9781789040210 |
| Publisher: | John Hunt Publishing | Publication: | March 29, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Zero Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tony McKenna |
| ISBN: | 9781789040210 |
| Publisher: | John Hunt Publishing |
| Publication: | March 29, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Zero Books |
| Language: | English |
A Marxist analysis of key political and historical figures including Hugo Chavez and Jeremy Corbyn, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Angels and Demons offers a series of profiles of historical figures both old and new. Using a Marxist analysis, the author adduces the particularities of each individual personality from the crest of living history which brings it to the fore, showing with each of the figures examined how the art, politics and creativity of their lives is infused by the rhythm and contradictions of the broader historical backdrop. The angels in the collection are Hugo Chavez, Andrea Dworkin, Rembrandt, Victor Hugo, Jeremy Corbyn and William Blake. The demons are Donald Trump, Christopher Hitchens, Arthur Schopenhauer and Hillary Clinton.
A Marxist analysis of key political and historical figures including Hugo Chavez and Jeremy Corbyn, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Angels and Demons offers a series of profiles of historical figures both old and new. Using a Marxist analysis, the author adduces the particularities of each individual personality from the crest of living history which brings it to the fore, showing with each of the figures examined how the art, politics and creativity of their lives is infused by the rhythm and contradictions of the broader historical backdrop. The angels in the collection are Hugo Chavez, Andrea Dworkin, Rembrandt, Victor Hugo, Jeremy Corbyn and William Blake. The demons are Donald Trump, Christopher Hitchens, Arthur Schopenhauer and Hillary Clinton.
