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Igal Halfin
Language and Revolution [PDF ebook]
Making Modern Political Identities

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This work examines the role of language in forging the modern subject. Focusing on the idea of the "New Man" that has animated all revolutionaries, the present volume asks what it meant to define oneself in terms of one’s class origins, gender, national belonging or racial origins.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 402 ● ISBN 9780203505748 ● Editor Igal Halfin ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2002 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2294289 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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