The End Of Economic Man: A Study Of The New Totalitarianism de Peter F. Drucker - 1940

New York, New York, Usa: Harper Colophon Books, 1969. Soft cover. As New. As New, An Unread Copy. With Minor Shelf Wear To Edges and/or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. In The End of Economic Man, long recognized as a cornerstone work, Peter F.Drucker explains and interprets fascism and Nazism as fundamental revolutions. In some ways, this book anticipated by more than a decade the existentialism that came to dominate the European political mood in the postwar period. Drucker provides a special addition to the massive literature on existentialism and alienation since World War II. TheEnd of Economic Man is a social and political effort to explain the subjective consequences of the social upheavals caused by warfare.

William Heinemann , 1940 . Hardback. . Hardback. The image on this page is of the actual book for sale. Good+ hardback (light edgewear, corners bumped, spine sunned, light foxing to page edges, text clean and unmarked).

London : W. Heinemann, 1939. First Edition, Second Impression. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 251p. ; 22cm. Subjects: Economics. Politics.

New York: John Day Company, 1939. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 268pp.; HB blk.w/yellow; rubbed w/lt.wear on edges&corners; lt.spot,spine; clean,tight pgs. "In this book I have made an attempt to explain and interpret fascism and Nazism as fundamental revolutions. This analysis confines itself intentionally to the social and economic sphere, though I do not believe in the materialist interpretation of history.

New York: The John Day Company,, 1939. Retaining the rare jacket First edition, first printing, of Drucker's analysis of the rise of fascism, interpreting the phenomenon as a fundamental revolution, a reaction to both capitalism and socialism's vision of society based on "economic man". For the democracies to survive, they must instead formulate a society based on a new concept of "free and equal man". Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in yellow. With dust jacket. Trivial wear at head of spine and corners; jacket with light chipping at extremities, spine panel a little darkened, unclipped: near-fine in very good jacket.

New York: John Day, 1939. First edition of Drucker's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Peter F. Drucker on the front free endpaper. An excellent near fine example in a very good dust jacket with some wear and tear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, especially signed. In this long recognized cornerstone work, Drucker explains and interprets fascism and Nazism as fundamental revolutions. It is a social and political effort to explain the subjective consequences of the social upheavals caused by warfare. This work was singled out for praise in both sides of the Atlantic, and is considered by the author to be his most prescient effort in social history. The New York Times calls it "a challenging and penetrating analytical study of the totalitarian state." Mr. Drucker is one of those writers to whom almost anything can be forgiven because he not only has a mind of his own, but has the gift of starting other minds along a stimulating line of thought" (Winston Churchill).