The Movement of the Free Spirit

by Raoul Vaneigem; Translated by Randall Cherry and Ian Patterson

• ISBN13: 9780942299717
• ISBN10: 094229971X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-02-06
• Publisher: Zone Books

Summary

This book by the legendary Situationist activist is a fiercely partisan historical reflection on the ways religious and economic forces have shaped Western culture. Within this broad frame, Raoul Vaneigem examines the heretical and millennarian movements that challenged social and ecclesiastical authority in Europe from the 1200s into the 1500s. At the core of these heresies, Vaneigem sees not only resistance to the power of State and Church but also the immensely creative intention of new forms of love, sexuality, community and exchange.

Table of Contents

Preface to the American Edition	p. 7
Introduction: The Perspective of the Market and the Perspective of Life	p. 11
From the Twilight of the Bureaucrats to the Dawn of Divine Economics	p. 15
The Church Struggles to Evolve	p. 59
The Principal Manifestations of the Movement of the Free Spirit from the Thirteenth to the Sixteenth Century	p. 95
Outline for an Alchemy of the Self	p. 233
Notes	p. 259
Index	p. 297
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