The Anatomy of Despondency: European Socio-Cultural Criticism 1789-1939

by Jaap Harskamp

Socio-cultural criticism is the continuous assessment and evaluation of developments within democratic society and hence a vital ingredient of democracy itself. Departing from the French Revolution, this study focuses upon a tradition of European criticism. On the whole, critics accepted that technological advance was irreversible but they opposed the assumption that this implied general progress. Instead, they stressed the negatives: class conflict,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004194037
• ISBN13: 9789004194038
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 896 Pages