The Crisis of the Officer Class

The Crisis of the Officer Class
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Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 0813926769
ISBN-13 : 9780813926766
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Book Synopsis The Crisis of the Officer Class by : Philip Rieff

Download or read book The Crisis of the Officer Class written by Philip Rieff and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this volume, Rieff advances his thesis that the third culture of disenchantment, which is now more widely and deeply entrenched than ever before as 'our' culture, is distinguished by its rejection of any and all visions of sacred order inherited from either first world cultures of fate or second world culture of faith." --introd.


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