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Michael Löwy

Born

in São Paulo, Brazil

May 06, 1938

Genre

Social Sciences, Philosophy

Influences

Karl Marx, Ernesto Guevara, Walter Benjamin, Lucien Goldmann ...more

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French-Brazilian Marxist sociologist and philosopher. He is presently the emerited research director in social sciences at the CNRS (French National Center of Scientific Research) and lectures at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS; Paris, France). Author of books on Karl Marx, Che Guevara, Liberation Theology, György Lukács, Walter Benjamin and Franz Kafka, he received the Silver Medal of the CNRS in 1994.

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Average rating: 3.97 · 2,236 ratings · 289 reviews · 177 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ecosocialism: A Radical Alternative to Capitalist Catastrophe 3.70 avg rating — 597 ratings — published 2005 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire Alarm: Reading Walter Benjamin's "On the Concept of History" by Michael Löwy, Chris Turner (Translator) 4.48 avg rating — 391 ratings — published 2001 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Romanticism Against the Tide of Modernity by Michael Löwy, Robert Sayre, Catherine Porter (Translation) 4.04 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1992 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Morning Star: Surrealism, Marxism, Anarchism, Situationism, Utopia by Michael Löwy, Donald Lacoss (Introduction) 3.94 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1983 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O que é ecossocialismo? 4.23 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revolutionary Affinities: Toward A Marxist Anarchist Solidarity by Michael Löwy, Olivier Besancenot, David Campbell (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2014 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teologi Pembebasan by Michael Löwy, Roem Topatimasang (penerjemah) 4.16 avg rating — 70 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Redemption and Utopia: Jewish Libertarian Thought in Central Europe: A Study in Elective Affinity by Michael Löwy, Hope Heaney (Translator) 4.40 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1988 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Politics of Combined and Uneven Development: The Theory of Permanent Revolution 4.08 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Franz Kafka: Boyun Eğmeyen Hayalperest by Michael Löwy, Işık Ergüden (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2004 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The revolution has to be self-liberation.”
― Michael Löwy, On Changing the World: Essays in Marxist Political Philosophy, from Karl Marx to Walter Benjamin

tags: revolution

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“Would-be green capitalism is nothing but a publicity stunt, a label for the purpose of selling a commodity, or - in the best of cases - a local initiative equivalent to a drop of water on the arid soil of the capitalist desert.”
― Michael Löwy, Ecosocialism: A Radical Alternative to Capitalist Catastrophe

tags: capitalism, ecology, ecosocialism, green, marxist, socialism

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“The future throws a bridge toward the past, over the gaping abyss of capitalist non-culture.”
― Michael Löwy, On Changing the World: Essays in Marxist Political Philosophy, from Karl Marx to Walter Benjamin

tags: capital, capitalism, capitalist

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