Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
Michael Löwy
Born: May 6, 1938 (age 87)
Bio: Michael Löwy is a French-Brazilian Marxist sociologist and philosopher. He is emeritus research director in social sciences at the CNRS and lectures at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales.
Known for:
- The war of gods (1996)
- Romanticism against the tide of modernity (2001)