The God That Failed

Revised
ISBN: 978-0-231-12395-2
Verlag: COLUMBIA UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 134 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 336 g

The God That Failed is a classic work and crucial document of the Cold War that brings together essays by six of the most important writers of the twentieth century on their conversion to and subsequent disillusionment with communism. In describing their own experiences, the authors illustrate the fate of leftism around the world. André Gide (France), Richard Wright (the United States), Ignazio Silone (Italy), Stephen Spender (England), Arthur Koestler (Germany), and Louis Fischer, an American foreign correspondent, all tell how their search for the betterment of humanity led them to communism, and the personal agony and revulsion which then caused them to reject it. David Engerman's new foreword to this central work of our time recounts the tumultuous events of the era, providing essential background. It also describes the book's origins and impact, the influence of communism in American intellectual life, and how the events described in The God That Failed continue to affect public discourse today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crossman, Richard

Weitere Mitwirkende

Engerman, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, by David EngermanFurther Reading in EnglishExplanation of some Terms and NamesIntroduction, Richard Crossman, M.P.Part I: The InitiatesArthur KoestlerIgnazio SiloneRichard WrightPart II: Worshipers from AfarAndré Gide, foreword by Dr. Enid StarkieLouis FischerStephen Spender

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Crossman (1907;74) was a leader in the British Labour Party, serving in the Cabinet from 1964 until 1970.

David C. Engerman is assistant professor of history at Brandeis University.