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Jacob Burckhardt and the Crisis of Modernity.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas SeriesPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (340 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773564206
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jacob Burckhardt and the Crisis of ModernityDDC classification:
  • 907/.202
LOC classification:
  • D15.B8 H56 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I: BURCKHARDT AND BASEL -- 1 Basel and Revolution -- 2 Student Years -- 3 Swiss Liberalism and Political Journalism -- 4 "Eminus Conservator": Burckhardt and Modernity -- PART II: BURCKHARDT AND HISTORY -- 5 History: Science versus Poetry -- 6 Burckhardt and the Development of Cultural History -- 7 Burckhardt and Anschauung -- 8 Burckhardt and Contemporary Art -- 9 The Search for an Autonomous History of Art -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Summary: With the values of Western civilization increasingly under siege, economic crises, political unrest, and environmental degradation oblige us to reassess the assumptions of modern mass society. Jacob Burckhardt and the Crisis of Modernity, the first major.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I: BURCKHARDT AND BASEL -- 1 Basel and Revolution -- 2 Student Years -- 3 Swiss Liberalism and Political Journalism -- 4 "Eminus Conservator": Burckhardt and Modernity -- PART II: BURCKHARDT AND HISTORY -- 5 History: Science versus Poetry -- 6 Burckhardt and the Development of Cultural History -- 7 Burckhardt and Anschauung -- 8 Burckhardt and Contemporary Art -- 9 The Search for an Autonomous History of Art -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

With the values of Western civilization increasingly under siege, economic crises, political unrest, and environmental degradation oblige us to reassess the assumptions of modern mass society. Jacob Burckhardt and the Crisis of Modernity, the first major.

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