Earthly Powers

Resumen del libro

In this dazzling and hugely relevant book Michael Burleigh explores the way in which religion, broadly construed, functions within European societies.

Earthly Powers' is an examination of the politics of religion and the religion of politics in Europe from the French Revolution until the Great War. Its astonishing scope encompasses the philosophers of the Enlightenment and the influence of thinkers like de Maistre and de Bonald and Lamennais, as well as the pseudo-religious aspects of Marxism. It looks at painters like Zoffany and David and analyses their representations of their times. It considers the exploits of O'Connell, hero of Catholic Emancipation, Mazzini, Mickiewicz and Garibaldi, and goes via nineteenth century English and Russian literature, to the epic struggles between Church and State, industry and the rise of Christian socialism. It concludes with the advent of the old stone gods' that heralded the totalitarian political religions of the 20th-century.

Throughout, Burleigh's writing is never less than brilliant and absorbing, handling a welter of ideas and historical detail with confidence, verve and sophistication. He is always revealing and original, showing us the deeper workings of history in a way we have never seen before. It confirms him as one of Europe's greatest modern historians.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Michael Burleighx{0026}lt;/B ha sido investigador en las universidades de Oxford y Cardiff, y en la London School of Economics. También ha sido profesor en diversas universidades norteamericanas, como Rutgers, Washington x{0026}amp; Lee, y Stanford. x{0026}lt;I El Tercer Reichx{0026}lt;/I (Taurus, 2002), por el que consiguió el Premio Samuel Johnson en 2001, x{0026}lt;I Poder terrenalx{0026}lt;/I (Taurus, 2005), x{0026}lt;I Causas sagradasx{0026}lt;/I (Taurus, 2006), x{0026}lt;I Sangre y rabiax{0026}lt;/I (Taurus, 2008) y x{0026}lt;I Combate moralx{0026}lt;/I (Taurus, 2011) son algunos de sus libros más importantes. Es colaborador habitual de diversos medios británicos.x{0026}lt;/P