European Intellectual History from Rousseau to Nietzsche / Frank M. Turner; Richard A. Lofthouse.

Author/Creator:

Turner, Frank M., author.

Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2018]

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource

Subjects:

Civilization, Western -- 18th century.
Civilization, Western -- 19th century.
Philosophy, Modern -- 18th century.
Philosophy, Modern -- 19th century.

Language:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Summary:

One of the most distinguished cultural and intellectual historians of our time, Frank Turner taught a landmark Yale University lecture course on European intellectual history that drew scores of students over many years. His lectures-lucid, accessible, beautifully written, and delivered with a notable lack of jargon-distilled modern European history from the Enlightenment to the dawn of the twentieth century and conveyed the turbulence of a rapidly changing era in European history through its ideas and leading figures.  Richard A. Lofthouse, one of Turner's former students, has now edited the lectures into a single volume that outlines the thoughts of a great historian on the forging of modern European ideas. Moreover, it offers a fine example of how intellectual history should be taught: rooted firmly in historical and biographical evidence.

Contents:

Frontmatter
CONTENTS
EDITOR'S PREFACE
CHAPTER 1: ROUSSEAU'S CHALLENGE TO MODERNITY
CHAPTER 2: TOCQUEVILLE AND LIBERTY
CHAPTER 3: J.S. MILL AND THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER 4: THE TURN TO SUBJECTIVITY
CHAPTER 5: MEDIEVALISM AND THE INVENTION OF THE RENAISSANCE
CHAPTER 6: NATURE HISTORICISED
CHAPTER 7: DARWIN AND CREATION
CHAPTER 8: MARX AND THE TRANSCENDENT WORKING CLASS
CHAPTER 9: THE CULT OF THE ARTIST
CHAPTER 10: NATIONALISM
CHAPTER 11: RACE AND ANTI-SEMITISM
CHAPTER 12: WAGNER
CHAPTER 13: THE IDEOLOGY OF SEPARATE GENDER SPHERES
CHAPTER 14: OLD FAITHS AND NEW
CHAPTER 15: NIETZSCHE
NOTES
GLOSSARY OF NAMES
FURTHER READING
ILLUSTRATIONS
INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

Contributor:

Lofthouse, Richard A., editor.
De Gruyter.

Contained In:

De Gruyter University Press Library.

ISBN:

9780300212914

OCLC:

1059278487

Publisher Number:

10.12987/9780300212914 doi

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

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