The anatomy of despondency : European socio-cultural criticism, 1789-1939

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The anatomy of despondency : European socio-cultural criticism, 1789-1939

by Jaap Harskamp

(Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 195 . Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; v. 8)

Brill, 2011

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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内容説明

Socio-cultural criticism is the continuous assessment and evaluation of developments within democratic society and hence a vital ingredient of democracy itself. Departing from the French Revolution, this study focuses upon a tradition of European criticism. On the whole, critics accepted that technological advance was irreversible but they opposed the assumption that this implied general progress. Instead, they stressed the negatives: class conflict, erosion of tradition, mechanization of life, fragmentation of society, loss of cultural differentiation. The approach is exclusively text-orientated. The result is a multi-coloured mosaic depicting an image of what has moved, confused or dismayed the European mind over a period of a century and a half. The intensity of concern has shaped our contemporary thought, awareness and outlook.

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Preface 15 Introduction 17 Chapter One Aspects of Physiognomy 29 Chapter Two Disintegration 111 Chapter Three The Democratic Way 175 Chapter Four Man and Machinery 229 Chapter Five Money and Commerce 271 Chapter Six Ideological Confusion 293 Chapter Seven Ends and Means 351 Chapter Eight Threats to the Individual 383 Chapter Nine Devitalization 449 Chapter Ten Psychological Traits 515 Chapter Eleven Art and Alienation 599 Chapter Twelve Past, Present, Future 647 Chapter Thirteen Europe: Divisions and Dilemmas 733 Biographical Author Index 799 Name Index 877

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