Politics (essay) Politics (essay) "Politics" is an essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is part of his "Essays: Second Series", published in 1844. A premier philosopher, poet and leader of American transcendentalism, he used this essay to belie his feelings on government, specifically American government. His impact on New England thought and his views on pragmatism influenced the likes of Henry David Thoreau, Orestes Brownson, and Frederich Nietzsche, among others. Although not viewed as his most important essay in the second series, Emerson’s views on politics championed democracy and individualism, two ideas that are viewed today as undoubtedly American. By 1844,
Days and Nights of Love and War between Galeano's earlier journalistic work and his later more literary output; it was the first of a series of works (culminating in his "Memory of Fire" trilogy) which established his reputation as a writer. It inspired the anarchist collective CrimethInc.'s 2001 manifesto "Days of War, Nights of Love", which shares its mixed form, aphoristic style and embrace of philosophy and morality as weapons within a political superstructure. Days and Nights of Love and War Days and Nights of Love and War () is a 1978 book by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano. It was published in English translation in 1982 by