From Ideology to Nostalgia: Excursions with Arthur Koestler and Sándor Márai

Miklós Bálint Tóth

doi:10.5771/9781666966367

Keywords

Search publication

Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2025
Copyright Year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-6635-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-6636-7
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 142
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Introduction No access
1. 1. The Intentional and the Affective Fallacies No access
  2. The Dos and Don’ts of Approaching Literature in the New Criticism No access
2. Politics and Literature: Interpretations and Analogies No access
3. 1. Politics as Illustration No access
  2. Politics and the Author’s Biography No access
  3. Politics and Society No access
4. 1. Political Contents and Political Philosophy No access
  2. 1. Identifying Politics in a Work of Literature No access
    2. Coherence and Plausibility No access
    3. Examining Political Concepts No access
5. Notes No access
1. Ideology: Interpretations and Evaluations No access
2. 1. The Weight of Ideas No access
  2. Think Not to Fear ’tis Good No access
  3. The Certainty of Science—the Science of Certainty No access
  4. The Decline of the Founding Fathers No access
3. 1. The Promise of Heaven on Earth No access
  2. The Bankruptcy of the Political Religion No access
4. 1. Order as Homogeneity No access
  2. Born of Necessity No access
  3. From under Machiavelli’s Overcoat No access
5. 1. To Be or Not to Be No access
6. 1. The Awakening of Dormant Conscience No access
  2. The Ethics of Ideologues No access
  3. The Return of the Prodigal Comrade No access
  4. Naked Evil No access
7. 1. What Was Left Out of the History Books No access
  2. Collateral Damage No access
8. 1. Empty Phrases No access
  2. Beyond the Walls No access
9. The Limits of Criticism No access
10. Notes No access
1. 1. The Preconditions of a Dialogue No access
  2. The Road to Canudos No access
  3. Arrival No access
2. 1. The Language(s) of Politics and Understanding No access
  2. The Dissolution of the Political Order No access
  3. The Priest-King and His Followers No access
  4. Lights and Shades No access
3. The Nature of a Judgment No access
4. Notes No access
1. Attitude, Disposition, and Sentiment No access
2. 1. The Home of Homelessness No access
  2. Unfashionable Observations No access
  3. Estranged No access
  4. Spinning a Yarn No access
3. 1. Once Upon a Time No access
  2. Dormant Wisdom No access
  3. Against the Headwind No access
  4. Take, and Eat Ye All of This No access
4. 1. The Discreet Charm of Having No Future No access
  2. Trammeled No access
  3. It Has Been Decided No access
5. The Power of Nostalgia No access
6. Notes No access
1. Notes No access
Bibliography No access Pages 131 - 138
Index No access Pages 139 - 140
About the Author No access Pages 141 - 142