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Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press: The Belknap Press, 1996. Paperback First Edition Thus [1994], Second Printing. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Wraps: shows small, very faint smudges to the outside edges of the text block and mild wear to the outside edges of the panels; the upper front corner shows the faintest crease; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text.. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and a couple of minor, unobtrusive imperfections.. Would make a handsome reading copy. Not far from 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches). 448 pages. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver and Stephen Sartarelli. Language: English. Weight: 20.2 ounces. First Edition Thus [1994], Second Printing. University Press Paperback. The Ruin of Kasch examines the rise of the modern state and the origins of romantic nationalism, whose sick fruit has been harvested in places such as Bosnia, Chechnya, and East Timor. Roberto Calasso locates the transformation in the French Revolution, when a frivolous monarchy evaporated before a government that valued order, bureaucracy, and above all secrecy. He also attributes it to Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), who was perhaps the first professional civil servant. Ever selfish, Talleyrand proved the perfect servant to the Napoleonic Era; as Napoleon said, "Principles are fine; they don't commit you to anything." The Ruin of Kasch is about Talleyrand, but also, Italo Calvino notes, "about everything else." It's a whirlwind of a book. It is one to pick up, ponder, put down, argue with, and then resume reading until the next argument pops up a page or two later.
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  • Edition First Edition Thus [1994], Second Printing.
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  • ISBN 13 9780674780293
  • Publisher Harvard University Press: The Belknap Press,
  • Place of Publication Cambridge, MA
  • Date Published 1996.

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