The Revolutionary ascetic: Evolution of a political type

By Bruce Mazlish

Book Overview

Why have the great revolutionary leaders of modern times--from Robespierre to Lenin and Mao Tse-tung--so often been ascetics, austere "puritans" with few emotional ties? What functions, political as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0006CJ3XC
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.