Sublime

The idea of a general amnesty eventually became official policy, and was proclaimed in Queen Victoria’s name on 1 November 1858. At the same time, in the Act for the Better Government of India, the British Crown finally assumed all governmental responsibilities held by the East India Company, and its 24,000-man military force was incorporated into

for the last quarter millennium or so, revolutions have consisted above all of planetwide transformations of political common sense.

“revolution.” By revolution he means: “turning over. Not development or unfolding, but turning over the system that has made you go into analysis to begin with—the system being government by minority and conspiracy, official secrets, national security, corporate power, et cetera”

Jubilation » est sans doute le mot le plus approprié pour exprimer tout ce qui est ressenti : liesse de se retrouver, allégresse de l’ordre bravé, fête de l’inattendu et de l’intensité vécue. L’événement révolutionnaire rompt avec les colères solitaires et les sentiments isolés, esseulés. C’est une manière de briser la monotonie du même et la

In the solitary confines of his cell, Qutb had a revelation. “Preaching alone is not enough,” he wrote in his revolutionary manifesto, Milestones, published in 1964, the year of his release. “Those who have usurped the authority of Allah and [who] are oppressing Allah’s creatures are not going to give up their power merely through preaching.” Qutb