| id |
oapen-20.500.12657-90178
|
| record_format |
dspace
|
| spelling |
oapen-20.500.12657-901782024-05-14T02:25:01Z A Degenerate World Jedlicki, Jerzy Rozbicka, Elena Anna Decline of Civilization Degenerate Degeneration Elena Jedlicki Jerzy Korecki Powęska Progress Rozbicka Social Darwinism Tristan Wolff thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTD Oral history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTR National liberation and independence Modernism and pessimism seem to go hand in hand. What are the sources of the historical pessimism we see in the legions of writers and thinkers over the past three centuries who saw modern civilization as degenerate and despicable, happily marching to its own doom? Why did so many educated and intelligent people despise the innovations that were the work of their contemporaries? This book focuses on English and Polish thought during the 19th and early 20th centuries, a time of relative political stability and great success in science and industry, when many nevertheless voiced concern that Europe is moving in the wrong direction, to its own destruction. After WWI, these warnings became even more dire and have left their mark on the European culture of our times. 2024-05-13T13:26:33Z 2024-05-13T13:26:33Z 2016 book ONIX_20240513_9783653031379_23 9783653031379 9783653996159 9783653996166 9783631642870 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90178 eng Studies in History, Memory and Politics application/pdf n/a 9783653031379.pdf https://www.peterlang.com/downloadpdf/title/16242 Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 10.3726/978-3-653-03137-9 10.3726/978-3-653-03137-9 e927e604-2954-4bf6-826b-d5ecb47c6555 9783653031379 9783653996159 9783653996166 9783631642870 14 207 Bern open access
|
| institution |
OAPEN
|
| collection |
DSpace
|
| language |
English
|
| description |
Modernism and pessimism seem to go hand in hand. What are the sources of the historical pessimism we see in the legions of writers and thinkers over the past three centuries who saw modern civilization as degenerate and despicable, happily marching to its own doom? Why did so many educated and intelligent people despise the innovations that were the work of their contemporaries? This book focuses on English and Polish thought during the 19th and early 20th centuries, a time of relative political stability and great success in science and industry, when many nevertheless voiced concern that Europe is moving in the wrong direction, to its own destruction. After WWI, these warnings became even more dire and have left their mark on the European culture of our times.
|
| title |
9783653031379.pdf
|
| spellingShingle |
9783653031379.pdf
|
| title_short |
9783653031379.pdf
|
| title_full |
9783653031379.pdf
|
| title_fullStr |
9783653031379.pdf
|
| title_full_unstemmed |
9783653031379.pdf
|
| title_sort |
9783653031379.pdf
|
| publisher |
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
|
| publishDate |
2024
|
| url |
https://www.peterlang.com/downloadpdf/title/16242
|
| _version_ |
1799945229347848192
|
