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A Degenerate World

Jerzy Jedlicki author Tristan Korecki translator Anna Wolff-Poweska editor Elena Rozbicka editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:10th May '16

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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.

ISBN: 9783631642870

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 370g

207 pages

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