A Brief History of Human Culture in the 20th Century

• Main Author: Xin, Qi (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: China Academic Library,
• Subjects: Civilization-History.; Applied sociology.; Cultural studies.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Cultural History.; Social/Human Development Studies.; Cultural Studies.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

This book examines the cultural concepts that guided the development of the "age of mankind"- the changes that took place in historical, philosophical, scientific, religious, literary, and artistic thought in the 20th century. It discusses a broad range of major topics, including the sprea...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Thinkers Standing on the Threshold of the Century
• The Sensual Culture in Commercialized Civilization
• Rallying Call of the 20th Century - War,Revolution and the Downfall of Fascism
• The Impact of Science and Technology on Culture
• Clashes between Eastern Culture and Western Culture
• Social Mobility, Women's Liberation and Globalization
• From"Modernism" to "Post-Modernism" - Fission of Literature, Arts and Society
• Harbinger of the Digital Era
• Today's Afterglow and Tomorrow's Aurora
• Prophetic Contemplation on the Eve of a New Century
• Bibliography.