The anatomy of despondency : : European socio-cultural criticism, 1789 - 1939 / / by Jaap Harskamp.
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 techno...
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| Superior document: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 195 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2011. |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 195 Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 195/8. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (887 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary material
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- ASPECTS OF PHYSIOGNOMY
- DISINTEGRATION
- THE DEMOCRATIC WAY
- MAN AND MACHINERY
- MONEY AND COMMERCE
- IDEOLOGICAL CONFUSION
- ENDS AND MEANS
- THREATS TO THE INDIVIDUAL
- DEVITALIZATION
- PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAITS
- ART AND ALIENATION
- PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
- EUROPE: DIVISIONS AND DILEMMAS
- BIOGRAPHICAL AUTHOR INDEX
- NAME INDEX.