Anti Americanism(1st Edition) by JeanFrancoisRevel, Diarmid Cammell, Jean-Jacques Revel Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2004 by Encounter Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59403-060-4, ISBN: 1-59403-060-X "Soon after the 9/11 attack on the United States, the early outpouring of sympathy from around the world began giving way to blame. In many quarters of Europe, especially France, and elsewhere in the world, it was said that the Americans must somehow have brought this violence upon themselves. The US was a 'cowboy' nation unwilling to abide by the will of the United Nations and other multilateral institutions, and bent on pursuing its ob ..."
Anti Americanism(1st Edition) by JeanFrancoisRevel, Diarmid Cammell Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2003 by Encounter Books ISBN-13: 978-1-893554-85-6, ISBN: 1-893554-85-6 "After the 9/11 attack on the United States, the brief moment of sympathy for America soon began giving way to blame. In France and other quarters of Europe, and elsewhere in the world, it was said that the Americans had brought this violence upon themselves. The U.S. was a cowboy nation unwilling to abide by the will of the United Nations and other multilateral institutions, and bent on pursuing its objectives at any cost. It was the hy ..."
Last Exit to Utopia The Survival of Socialism in a Post-Soviet Era (Encounter Broadsides) by JeanFrancoisRevel Hardcover, 300 Pages, Published 2009 by Encounter Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59403-264-6, ISBN: 1-59403-264-5 "Here is a tasty paradox: How did the Leftist legions regroup after history delivered its fatal blow to the Soviet system? Simple, argues Jean-Francois Revel: the Left retreated to the impregnable fortress of the Utopian ideal. After all, socialism incarnate was always vulnerable to criticism. Utopia, on the other hand, lies by definition beyond reproach. With the demise of the Soviet system, there is no longer a vast and flailing embodi ..."
How Democracies Perish(1st Edition) by Jean-FrancoisRevel, Branko M. Lazic Paperback, 376 Pages, Published 1985 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-097011-6, ISBN: 0-06-097011-1 "Argues that the modern democracies are endangered by an excess of self-criticism and misinterpretations of moral positions and asserts that the democracies must cease to be the complacent victims of communism"
On Proust(1st Edition) by JeanFrancoisRevel, Martin Turnell, Celeste Albaret Hardcover, 174 Pages, Published 1972 by The Library Press ISBN-13: 978-0-912050-10-2, ISBN: 0-912050-10-1 "1 st edition. 8°, gebundene Ausgabe, Hardcover/Pappeinband New York, The Library Press, 1972. 174 (1) Seiten mit Schutzumschlag, privat in Folie eingeschlagen, ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar mit Stempeln auf dem Buchschnitt und eingeklebten Zetteln und Stempeln auf den fliegenden Vorsätzen, Seite nach Titel mit mehreren Signaturen, Buchblock ansonsten sauber und gut. Originaltitel: Sur Proust: Une Lecture non conformiste de A la Recherc ..."
Without Marx or Jesus;(1st Edition) The new American Revolution has begun by JeanFrancoisRevel, Mary Mccarthy, J. F. Bernard, Jr. Webb James Hardcover, 269 Pages, Published 1971 by Doubleday ISBN-13: 978-1-299-16874-9, ISBN: 1-299-16874-4 "We sell Rare, out-of-print, uncommon, & used BOOKS, PRINTS, MAPS, DOCUMENTS, AND EPHEMERA. We do not sell ebooks, print on demand, or other reproduced materials. Each item you see here is individually described and imaged. We welcome further inquiries"
How Democracies Perish(1st Edition) by Jean-FrancoisRevel Hardcover, 376 Pages, Published 1985 by Littlehampton Book Services Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-297-78644-3, ISBN: 0-297-78644-X
Como Terminan Las Democracias (Spanish Edition) by JeanFrancoisRevel Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 2018 by Nook Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5380-8531-8, ISBN: 1-5380-8531-3 "Éste es un libro realmente importante sobre un tema que también lo es: el del peligro que entraña para la democracia y para Occidente el totalitarismo expansionista de la Rusia soviética. Jean-Francois Revel analiza con su rigor y clarividencia habituales las circunstancias y causas de la situación política mundial en la década de 1980, desmonta pieza a pieza el mecanismo de las mismas y apoya su poderosa dialéctica con multitud de ejem ..."
Cómo terminan las democracias by JeanFrancoisRevel Published 2018 by Luis Villamarin ISBN-13: 978-0-463-59958-7, ISBN: 0-463-59958-6 "Jean-Francois Revel analiza con su rigor y clarividencia habituales las circunstancias y causas de la situación política mundial en la década de 1980, desmonta pieza a pieza el mecanismo de las mismas y apoya su poderosa dialéctica con ..."
Culture and Cuisine(1st Edition) (English and French Edition) by Jean-FrancoisRevel Hardcover, 289 Pages, Published 1982 by Doubleday ISBN-13: 978-0-385-15107-8, ISBN: 0-385-15107-1 "Traces the history of cooking from ancient Greece to the present, provides anecdotes about feasts, drinking lore, and past food preferences, and includes sample recipes"
Without Marx or Jesus The New American Revolution Has Begun (A Delta Book) by JeanFrancoisRevel, Mary Mccarthy, J.F. Bernard Paperback, 269 Pages, Published 1972 by Dell Pub. Co ISBN-13: 978-0-586-08068-9, ISBN: 0-586-08068-6 "Without Mark or Jesus propounds the theory that global revolution is still possible and that the only society on earth capable of cradling so great an upheaval is the United States, where the author believes it has already begun. He then lays down the conditions that he feels are indispensable to the successful revolution, all of which America uniquely offers: economic prosperity, a high level of technological and scientific competence ..."
The Monk and the Philosopher A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life by JeanFrancoisRevel, Matthieu Ricard, M. Richard Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 1999 by Schocken ISBN-13: 978-0-8052-4162-4, ISBN: 0-8052-4162-0 "The Monk and the Philosopher is a collection of father-son dialogues between Jean-François Revel, a French philosopher and journalist famous for his leadership in protests of both Christianity and Communism, and Matthieu Ricard, his son, who gave up a promising career as a scientist to become a Buddhist monk in the Himalayas. The conversations recorded in this book took place during 10 days at an inn in Katmandu. The range of their subj ..."
The Flight from Truth(1st Edition) The Reign of Deceit in the Age of Information by JeanFrancoisRevel, Curtis Cate Hardcover, 408 Pages, Published 1992 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-0-394-57643-5, ISBN: 0-394-57643-8 "A distinguished French philosopher argues that the greatest threat to modern democracy is the dissemination of false information, myths that endanger the viability of freedom and the democratic way of life"
