intellectual and political energy, existing of and for itself, as a force altogether new in the world” (34). ... “old Whigs” to rebut the shock and outrage directed against his increasingly hostile criticism of the French Revolution, ...
Beneath the Cross traces the escalating cycle of violence that culminated in the bloody massacre on Saint Bartholomew's Day in 1572, and explains its social, political, and spiritual roots.
«La situación es ésta: aquí estoy yo, Frans Hermans —Fransje para los más allegados—, reducido a un brazo funcional y cuarenta kilos de carne inerte.
Presents an analysis of the psychology of mass movements, whether religious, social, or nationalist, identifying the traits they have in common, and looking at the types of people who participate in such movements.