| Author |
Burrow, J. W. (John Wyon), 1935-2009.
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| Publication |
New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2000.
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| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 271 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Call # |
eBOOK |
| Series |
The Yale intellectual history of the West
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Yale intellectual history of the West.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-263) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The stuff of the world and the promises of science -- The new generation -- The conservation of matter and energy ; materialist reductionism -- The enigma of consciousness and the impact of evolution -- The claims of science : science as vocation -- The reaction against materialism : phenomenalism, pragmatism and pan-psychism -- 2. Social evolution and the sciences of culture -- A classified world -- Social evolution as the division of labour -- Sciences of religion and culture : France, Britain, Germany -- Social Darwinism, eugenics and race -- 3. Community and modernity -- The market and modernity -- Community : the mar, the mir and the guild -- The ethical state -- Nation and state in Germany -- Nationalism and the critique of modernity : myth and charisma -- 4. The elusive self -- The burden of freedom -- 'Character' -- The flux of experience -- The unconscious -- 5. Constructing the self -- Work of art and microcosm -- 'Decadence' and 'life' -- The calling and the deed -- 6. Immanence, revelation and transcendence -- Incarnation -- Myth and revelation -- The occult. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Europe -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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Europe -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Philosophy, Modern -- 19th century.
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Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century.
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Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
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Philosophy, Modern. (OCoLC)fst01061071
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064 |
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Geestesgeschiedenis.
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| Genre |
Electronic books. |
| Addl. Author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| Related To |
Print version: Burrow, J. W. (John Wyon), 1935-2009. Crisis of reason 0300083904 (DLC) 99059165 (OCoLC)43118215 |
| ISBN |
9780300214642 electronic bk. |
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0300214642 electronic bk. |
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