| Author |
Turner, Frank M. (Frank Miller), 1944-2010, author.
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| Publication |
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2016.
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| Copyright date |
©2014 |
| Description |
xiii, 302 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Call # |
909.09821 T |
| Note |
"First published in paperback in 2016"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-285) and index. |
| Contents |
Rousseau's challenge to modernity -- Tocqueville and liberty -- J.S. Mill and the nineteenth century -- The turn to subjectivity -- Medievalism and the invention of the Renaissance -- Nature historicised -- Darwin and creation -- Marx and the transcendent working class -- The cult of the artist -- Nationalism -- Race and anti-Semitism -- Wagner -- The ideology of separate gender spheres -- Old faiths and new -- Nietzsche. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Western -- History -- 18th century.
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Civilization, Western -- History -- 19th century.
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Europe -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
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Europe -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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Philosophy, Modern -- 18th century.
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Philosophy, Modern -- 19th century.
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| Addl. Author |
Lofthouse, Richard A., editor.
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| ISBN |
0300219482 (pbk.) : |
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9780300219487 (pbk.) : |
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