Thinking with History: Explorations in the Passage to Modernism
Carl E. Schorske
ISBN 10: 0691059772 ISBN 13: 9780691059778
Editorial: Princeton University Press, 1998
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Sinopsis:
This work draws together a series of essays that reveal the changing place of history in 19th- and 20th-century cultures. In most intellectual and artistic fields, Carl Schorske argues, 20th-century Europeans and Americans have come to do their thinking without history. Modern art, modern architecture, modern music, modern science - all have defined themselves not as emerging from or even reacting against the past, but as detached from it in a new autonomous cultural space. This is in stark contrast to the historicism of the 19th century, he argues, when ideas about the past pervaded most fields of thought from philosophy and politics to art, music and literature. However, Schorske also shows that the 19th century's attachment to thinking with history and the modernist way of thinking without history are more than just antitheses. They are different ways of trying to address the problems of modernity, to give shape and meaning to European civilization in the era of industrial capitalism and mass politics. Schorske begins by reflecting in his own vocation as it was shaped by the historical changes he has seen sweep across political and academic culture. Then he offers a European sam
Críticas:
"Schorske knows a great deal about Vienna, and the essays ... are original and penetrating, particularly those on Mahler and Freud."--Gordon Craig, New York Review of Books
"Clever analysis.... [A] subtle, important book."--Douglas A. Sylva, The New York Times Book Review
"Carl Schorske is ... a master; anyone acquainted with his classic Fin-de-Siècle Vienna will know that fact, and accordingly will relish the prospect of these ... essays. Together they are a brilliant feat of learning, gracefully served."--A. C. Grayling, Financial Times
"This new collection shows why Schorske, the eminent intellectual historian . . . is a master craftsman. . . . [W]e are fortunate to have Schorske as a guide. . . . By his amazingly erudite and finely chiseled portraits of the potentialities of nineteenth-century culture, he has prepared the way for us to assess how we think with history in our own day."--Jonathan Elukin, The American Scholar
"Schorske is a very gifted writer and scholar, usually clearly and succinctly distilling his study of a great deal of material from many disciplines, avoiding historical and intellectual minutiae, and incorporating colorful anecdotes and quotes. . . . A pleasurable and stimulating read."--Kirkus Reviews
"What has interested Schorske and will fascinate readers is the interaction between history and the supposedly rootless modernism. . . . These [essays]. . . show the astonishing breadth of Schorske's knowledge."--Publisher's Weekly
"[A] reflective and provocative book."--Alethea Hayter, The Spectator
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Título: Thinking with History: Explorations in the ...
Editorial: Princeton University Press
Año de publicación: 1998
Encuadernación: Hardcover
Condición: Fair
Condición de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket