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Author Harskamp, Jacob Teunis.

Title The anatomy of despondency : European socio-cultural criticism, 1789-1939 / by Jaap Harskamp.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (887 pages).
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Series Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 195
Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; v. 8
Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 195.
Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; v. 8.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Social conflict -- Europe -- History.
Social conflict.
Europe.
History.
Technological innovations -- Europe -- History.
Technological innovations.
Criticism -- Europe -- History.
Criticism.
Anomy -- History.
Anomy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: 9789004194038 (DLC) 2010052377 (OCoLC)696318379
ISBN 9789004202412 (electronic book)
9004202412 (electronic book)
9789004194038 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004194037 (hardback ; alkaline paper)