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Romanticism Against the Tide of Modernity
Michael Löwy
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Description for Romanticism Against the Tide of Modernity
Paperback. Romanticism is a worldview that finds expression over a whole range of cultural fields - not only in literature and art but in philosophy, theology, political theory, and social movements. This book formulates a theory that defines romanticism as a cultural protest against modern bourgeois industrial civilization. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 3J; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Romanticism is a worldview that finds expression over a whole range of cultural fields—not only in literature and art but in philosophy, theology, political theory, and social movements. In Romanticism Against the Tide of Modernity Michael Löwy and Robert Sayre formulate a theory that defines romanticism as a cultural protest against modern bourgeois industrial civilization and work to reveal the unity that underlies the extraordinary diversity of romanticism from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century.
After critiquing previous conceptions of romanticism and discussing its first European manifestations, Löwy and Sayre propose a typology of the sociopolitical positions held ... Read more
Romanticism is a worldview that finds expression over a whole range of cultural fields—not only in literature and art but in philosophy, theology, political theory, and social movements. In Romanticism Against the Tide of Modernity Michael Löwy and Robert Sayre formulate a theory that defines romanticism as a cultural protest against modern bourgeois industrial civilization and work to reveal the unity that underlies the extraordinary diversity of romanticism from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century.
After critiquing previous conceptions of romanticism and discussing its first European manifestations, Löwy and Sayre propose a typology of the sociopolitical positions held ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Post-Contemporary Interventions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822327943
SKU
V9780822327943
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About Michael Löwy
Michael Löwy is Research Director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Lecturer at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Robert Sayre is Professor of Anglophone Literatures at the University of Marne-la-Vallée.
Reviews for Romanticism Against the Tide of Modernity
From reviews of the French edition: "Instead of exploiting the cliches of melancholy, of exhibitionism, and of the langorous ego, Robert Sayre and Michael Lowy follow the path of rebellion."
Roland Jaccard, Le Monde "This beautiful and generous book ... is a marvelous utopian oasis shining on the horizon of the desert of banality and perplexity where we have been lost."
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Roland Jaccard, Le Monde "This beautiful and generous book ... is a marvelous utopian oasis shining on the horizon of the desert of banality and perplexity where we have been lost."
Isabel ... Read more