C. P. Snow and the Struggle of Modernity

by John De LA Mothe

The condition of modernity springs from that tension between science and the humanities that had its roots in the Enlightenment but reached its full flowering with the rise of twentieth-century technology. It manifests itself most notably in the crisis of individuality that is generated by the nexus of science, literature, and politics, one that challenges each of us to find a way of balancing our personal identities between our public and private...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292729162
• ISBN13: 9780292729162
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"