War and the Intellectuals Collected Essays

by Randolph Bourne

Book Overview

Although he died at the age of thirty-two, Randolph Bourne (1886-1918) left a body of writing on politics, culture, and literature that made him one of the most influential public intellectuals of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061330434
• ISBN13: 9780061330438
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Harpercollins Publisher
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Valuable contribution to the literature

Scholars and history buffs of the Progressive era will value this collection of essays by Randolph Bourne. Reading the original essays delivers the reader from relying on secondary resources. Moreover, this collection contains the significant Bourne essays. Particularly valuable are the essays outlining Bourne's disagreement with leading Progressive intellectuals, particularly John Dewey. Also, Bourne's thinking regarding the connection between the modern state and war is very interesting.