Ensemblance

The Transnational Genealogy of Esprit de Corps

• Author(s): de Miranda Luis de Miranda,
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Pages: 296
• ISBN_10: 1474454216
  ISBN_13: 9781474454216
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / General , History / Historiography , Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern , Philosophy / Political , Philosophy / Social , Political Science / History & Theory , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism ,

Description:... Esprit de corps has played a significant role in the cultural and political history of the last 300 years. Through several historical case studies, Luis de Miranda shows how this phrase acts as a combat concept with a clear societal impact. He also reveals how interconnected, yet distinct, French, English and American modern intellectual and political thought is. In the end, this is a cautionary analysis of past and current ideologies of ultra-unified human ensembles, a recurrent historical and theoretical fabulation the author calls 'ensemblance'.