Fin de Siècle Social Theory keyword-obama We think of war poets

We think of war poets as pacifistic protestors

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The political thought of the 'new' Althusser is presented to English readers in a special introduction by his pupil Grahame Lock

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Fin de Siècle Social Theory keyword-obama We think of war poetsIn four closely interwoven studies, Jeffrey Alexander identifies the central dilemma that provokes contemporary social theory and proposes a new way to resolve it. The dream of reason that marked the previous fin de sicle foundered in the face of the cataclysms of the twentieth century, when war, revolution, and totalitarianism came to be seen as themselves products of reason. In response there emerged the profound skepticism about rationality that