1930: Europe in the Shadow of the Beast Contributor(s): Haberman, Arthur (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771123613 ISBN-13: 9781771123617 Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
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BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - History | Modern - 20th Century - History | Social History |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 216 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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Publisher Description: A study of the major writers and artists who were grappling in 1930 with socio-political issues still central to our lives today, ranging from the dangers of mass culture to the rise of a politics of irrationality. The year 1930 can be seen as the dawn of a period of darkness, the beginning of a decade that Auden would style "low, dishonest." That year was one of the most reflective moments in modernity. After the optimism of the nineteenth century, the West had stumbled into war in 1914. It managed to survive a conflagration, but it failed in the aftermath to create something valued. In 1930, Europe was questioning itself and its own viability. Where are we heading? a number of public intellectuals asked. Who are we and how do we build moral social and political structures? Can we continue to believe in the insights and healing quality of our culture? Major thinkers―Mann, Woolf, Ortega, Freud, Brecht, Nardal, and Huxley― as well as a number of artists, including Picasso and Magritte, and musicians such as Weill, sought to grapple with a wide range of issues, including:
Arthur Haberman sees 1930 as a watershed year in the intellectual life of Europe and with this book, the first to look at the contributions of the public intellectuals of 1930 as a single entity, he forces a reconsideration and reinterpretation of the period. |
Contributor Bio(s): Haberman, Arthur: - Arthur Haberman is University Professor of History and Humanities at York University. He is the author of The Making of the Modern Age and the co-author of The West and the World: Contacts, Conflicts, Connections. |