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Author_George L. Mosse
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class identity
cultural analysis
cultural history
cultural movements
culture
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Europe
family structure
historical analysis
history
history of ideas
making of modern Europe
morality
nationalism
political history
political movements
politics
religion
Romanticism
social history
society
twentieth century
Western Europe
Product details
- ISBN 9780299339449
- Weight: 337g
- Dimensions: 149 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 03 Jan 2023
- Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Culture of Western Europe, George L. Mosse’s sweeping cultural history, was originally published in 1961 and revised and expanded in 1974 and 1988. Originating from the lectures at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for which Mosse would become famous, the book addresses, in crisp and accessible language, the key issues he saw as animating the movement of culture in Europe. Mosse emphasizes the role of both rational and irrational forces in making modern Europe, beginning with the interplay between eighteenth-century rationalism and nineteenth-century Romanticism. He traces cultural and political movements in all areas of society, especially nationalism but also economics, class identity and conflict, religion and morality, family structure, medicine, and art. This new edition restores the original 1961 illustrations and features a critical introduction by Anthony J. Steinhoff, professor in the department of history at the UniversitÉ du QuÉbec À MontrÉal, contextualizing Mosse’s project and arguing for its continued relevance today.
