A 1983 essay on book-burning by Leo Löwenthal appears in French for the first time
The German sociologist's text on the persistence of the auto-da-fé through history is due from Rue d'Ulm on October 2.
Rue d'Ulm will publish, on October 2, a French translation of a text by the German sociologist Leo Löwenthal titled « Autodafés. Ces livres qu'on brûle », according to Livres Hebdo.
The text dates from 1983, when Löwenthal examined the theme of the burning of books and its recurrence across history, according to the same source. Livres Hebdo describes it as previously unpublished and as a dense, notable piece of writing.
No further detail on the book's length, its translator or its place within Löwenthal's wider body of work has been given in the material available.
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