Classical readings in culture and civilization. (1998)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by John Rundell and Steven Mennell.
• Other Names: Mennell, Stephen; Rundell, John F
• Contents: Introduction : civilization, culture and the human self-image / John Rundell and Stephen Mennell -- Part I. Civilization as political transformation -- Civilization and enlightenment : idea for a universal history from a cosmopolitan point of view / Immanuel Kant -- Nations and civilizations : extracts from An essay on the history of civil society / Adam Ferguson -- Civilization, enlightenment and the New World : extracts from Notes on the state of Virginia / Thomas Jefferson -- Democracy and despotism : extracts from Democracy in America / Alexis de Tocqueville -- Part II. Cultural critiques of civilization -- Civiliation and romanticism : extracts from On the aesthetic education of man / Friedrich Schiller -- Civilization as cruelty : extract from On the genealogy of morals (second essay) / Friedrich Nietzsche -- Culture's inevitable loss : on the concept and tragedy of culture / Georg Simmel -- Militarism and culture : an extract from Reflections of a non-political man / Thomas Mann -- Civilization's streit : why war? / Sigmund Freud -- Part III. Sociology and anthropology : from civilization to civilizing processes -- Between sociology and anthropology I : note on the notion of civilization / Emile Durkheim and Marcel Mauss -- Between sociology and anthropology II : civilizations : elements and forms / Marcel Mauss -- History and civilization : civilization : evolution of a word and a group of ideas / Lucien Febvre -- Civilization and culture-- a synthesis : fundamentals of culture-sociology : social process, civilizational process and culture-movement / Alfred Weber -- Cities of culture, cities of civilization : the problem of cultural differences / Robert E. Park -- Civilization, culture, identity : "civilization" and "culture" : nationalism and nation-state formation : an extract from The Germans / Norbert Elias.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 248 pages)
• Subjects: 306; Culture; Civilization, Modern; Culture; Civilisation moderne et contemporaine; Civilization, Modern; Culture; Cultuur; Theorieën; Kulturkritik; Kulturtheorie; Quelle; Zivilisationstheorie; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351227001; 1351227009
• Related ISBNs: 0415105161; 9780415105163; 041510517X; 9780415105170
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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