Charles Baudouin

The Myth of Modernity (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1950, this was a new work by Charles Baudouin, world-famous French psychologist and takes its title from the opening chapter, which examines the transformation of the myth of Progress, characteristic of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, into the myth of Modernity, characteristic of the time of writing. A broad humanity and a gentle irony are the characteristic features of this simulating book, now available again to be enjoyed in its historical context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317575474
• Artikelnr.: 42814008

Autorenporträt

Charles Baudouin , Bernard Miall

Inhaltsangabe

1. From the Myth of Progress to the Myth of Modernity 2. The Clean Sweep 3.
Angelism 4. Politeness 5. Technique versus Nature 6. Baudelaire and the
Modern Man 7. Of the Prestige of Action 8. Communions 9. Opinion and
Tolerance 10. Humanism 11. Eloquence on Trial 12. Of Reading 13. Technique
versus Mysticism 14. A Moderate View of Happiness 15. The Paradoxes of
Education 16. The Gift of Childhood 17. Confidence in Mankind 18. An
Apology for the Unruly 19. Withdrawal into one's Tent 20. Verlaine 21. Art
and the Epoch.