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Language and Revolution

Making Modern Political Identities

Edited by Igal Halfin

Published October 1st 2002 by Routledge – 402 pages

Series: Cummings Center Series

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This work examines the role of language in forging the modern subject. Focusing on the idea of the "New Man" that has animated all revolutionaries, the present volume asks what it meant to define oneself in terms of one's class origins, gender, national belonging or racial origins.

Name: Language and Revolution: Making Modern Political Identities (Paperback) – Routledge 
Description: Edited by Igal Halfin. This work examines the role of language in forging the modern subject. Focusing on the idea of the "New Man" that has animated all revolutionaries, the present volume asks what it meant to define oneself in terms of one's class...
Categories: Politics & International Relations, Political Theory