The anatomy of despondency : European socio-cultural criticism, 1789-1939 / by Jaap Harskamp.
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TextSeries: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 195. | Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; ; v. 8.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (887 pages)Content type: - text
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- Social conflict -- Europe -- History
- Technological innovations -- Europe -- History
- Criticism -- Europe -- History
- Anomy -- History
- Innovations -- Europe -- Histoire
- Critique -- Europe -- Histoire
- Anomie (Sociologie) -- Histoire
- SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Social Aspects
- Anomy
- Criticism
- Social conflict
- Technological innovations
- Europe
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- HN376 .H37 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 : division and dilemmas.
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In a text-orientated approach, this study presents a rich mosaic depicting a tradition of European socio-cultural criticism since the French Revolution. Accepting the inevitability of technological advance, critics rejected the proud assumption of progress and stressed the negatives instead.
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