Angels and Demons: A Radical Anthology of Political Lives: A Marxist Analysis of Key Political and Historical Figures

by Tony McKenna

0 ratings • 0 reviews • 0 shelved
Book cover for Angels and Demons: A Radical Anthology of Political Lives

Bookhype may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases. Full disclosure.

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.
  • ISBN10 1789040213
  • ISBN13 9781789040210
  • Publish Date 29 March 2019
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher John Hunt Publishing
  • Imprint Zero Books
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 280
  • Language English