Jacob Burckhardt and the Crisis of Modernity.
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- 9780773564206
- 907/.202
- D15.B8 H56 2000
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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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