The Slumber of Apollo

Autorentext

John Holloway has published widely on Marxist theory, on the Zapatista movement and on the new forms of anti-capitalist struggle. His book Change the World without Taking Power has been translated into eleven languages and has stirred an international debate, and Crack Capitalism is a renowned classic. He is currently Professor of Sociology in the Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla in Mexico.

Klappentext

In this 1993 book, John Holloway explores the radical change in the very nature of individual consciousness over the last century.

Inhalt

List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1. Personalities and panoramas; 2. Comic art, coded cartoon; 3. Consciousness and the language of politics, 1880 1980; 4. 'Words, words '; 5. 'Personology' personalities; 6. The passing of 'largeness'; 7. The poetry of the wilderness; 8. Consciousness beleaguered; Note on reproductions of paintings; Notes.