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

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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

Zone Books , Distributed by the MIT Press, 1994

  • : hbk

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Mouvement du Libre-Esprit

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Originally published in France as Le movement du Libre-Esprit

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-295) and index

"Preface to the American ed." translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith

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Description

This book by the legendary Situationist activist and author of The Revolution of Everyday Life examines the heretical and millenarian movements that challenged social and ecclesiastical authority in Europe from the 1200s into the 1500s. Although Vaneigem discusses a number of different movements such as the Cathars and Joachimite millenarians, his main emphasis is on the various manifestations of the Movement of the Free Spirit in northern Europe. He sees not only resistance to the power of state and church but also the immensely creative invention of new forms of love, sexuality, community, and exchange. Vaneigem is particularly interested in the radical opposition presented by these movements to the imperatives of an emerging market-based economy, and he evokes crucial historical parallels with the antisystemic rebellions of the 1960s. The book includes translations of original texts and source materials.

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  • NCID
    BA23722744
  • ISBN
    • 0942299701
  • LCCN
    92042232
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    New York,Cambridge, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    302 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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