How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics in the twentieth century.

Aneurin Bevan

In Place of Fear

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Topic

Conservatism False consciousness

Author

Aneurin Bevan

Source

In Place of Fear

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Politician

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Bevan, Aneurin. In Place of Fear. William Heinemann, 1952, ch. 1.

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The world began without the human race and it will end without it... Man has never-save only when he reproduces himself-done other than cheerfully dismantle millions upon millions of structures and reduce their elements to a state in which they can no longer be reintegrated.

Claude Levi-Strauss

Tristes Tropiques

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Topic
Human destructiveness

Author

Claude Levi-Strauss
Source
Tristes Tropiques
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
French
Time
1955 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Levi-Strauss, Claude. Tristes Tropiques [Sad Tropics]. Librairie Plon, 1955, pt. 9, ch. 36.

Current Citation

Levi-Strauss, Claude. Tristes Tropiques, translated by John and Doreen Weightman. Penguin Classics, 2012, pt. 9, ch. 36.