Synopses & Reviews
A great contemporary German philosopher attacks the explosive problem of political myth in our day, and reveals how the myth of the state evolved from primitive times to prepare the way for the rise of the modern totalitarian state. "A brilliant survey of some of the major texts in the history of political theory."—Kenneth Burke, The Nation.
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A great contemporary German philosopher attacks the explosive problem of political myth in our day. In this final work Ernst Cassirer shows how the irrational forces symbolized by myth and manipulation by the state constantly threaten to destroy the independent mind of civilized man. "A brilliant survey of some of the major texts in the history of political theory." --Kenneth Burke, Nation
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"It is, indeed, a testament of wisdom."--New York Times "A brilliant survey of some of the major texts in the history of political theory."--Kenneth Burke, The Nation
"Cassirer was a brilliant historical philosopher and his analyses of vogues in political alchemy . . . are savagely forthright."--New Yorker