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Thomas Ort

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Description:In most contemporary historical writing, the picture of modernlife in Habsburg Central Europe is rather gloomy. Centered on Vienna in the twilightyears of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it is the story of the failure of rationalismand the rise of a politics of fantasy culminating in protofascist movements. Thisbook tells a different story, focusing on the generation of Czech writers andartists distinguished by their optimistic view of the world in the years before theFirst World War. These figures, most notably Karel Capek, greeted the collapse ofthe Habsburg monarchy not with despair and trepidation but with a sense of hope andliberation, and their early vitalism and anti-rationalism later led them closer toliberalism, not further away from it.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. To get started finding Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 277

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Release: 2014

ISBN: 1137077395

Description: In most contemporary historical writing, the picture of modernlife in Habsburg Central Europe is rather gloomy. Centered on Vienna in the twilightyears of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it is the story of the failure of rationalismand the rise of a politics of fantasy culminating in protofascist movements. Thisbook tells a different story, focusing on the generation of Czech writers andartists distinguished by their optimistic view of the world in the years before theFirst World War. These figures, most notably Karel Capek, greeted the collapse ofthe Habsburg monarchy not with despair and trepidation but with a sense of hope andliberation, and their early vitalism and anti-rationalism later led them closer toliberalism, not further away from it.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. To get started finding Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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