[PHILOSOPHY] THE LONGING FOR TOTAL REVOLUTION PHILOSOPHIC SOURCES OF SOCIAL DISCONTENT FROM ROUSSEAU TO MARX AND NITZSCHE

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986. First Edition. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; in an unclipped jacket; xvii, 390 pages including the Index; slight shelf wear to the jacket; pencil notes in the margins.~~From the front flap “This book is an attempt to understand an important feature of modern culture, which underlines the work and appeal of Marx, and in general, the thinkers who issue from the romantic period. Yack strongly challenges the usual interpretation of these thinkers in terms of ‘messianism.’ Hid work has powerful impact and will arouse a storm of controversy.” - Charles Taylor. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.