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The Movement of the Free Spirit : general considerations and firsthand testimony concerning some brief flowerings of life in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and, incidentally, our own time / Raoul Vaneigem ; translated by Randall Cherry and Ian Patterson.
LIBRA - Special BT1358 .V3613 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vaneigem, Raoul, 1934-
- Standardized Title:
- Mouvement du Libre-Esprit. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Brethren of the Free Spirit.
- Sects, Medieval.
- Christian heresies--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Christian heresies.
- History.
- Christian heresies--Middle Ages.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 302 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Zone Books ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by the MIT Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- This book by the legendary Situationist activist is a fiercely partisan historical reflection on the ways religious and economic forces have shaped Western culture. Within this broad frame, Raoul Vaneigem examines the heretical and millennarian movements that challenged social and ecclesiastical authority in Europe from the 1200s into the 1500s. At the core of these heresies, Vaneigem sees not only resistance to the power of State and Church but also the immensely creative intention of new forms of love, sexuality, community and exchange.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Mouvement du Libre-Esprit.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 094229971X
- 9780942299717
- OCLC:
- 45474978
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