Classical readings in culture and civilization / edited by John Rundell and Stephen Mennell.
By: Rundell, John F
Contributor(s): Mennell, Stephen | Rundell, John F
Language: English Publisher: London : Routledge, 1998.Description: viii, 248p. ; 25cm.ISBN: 041510517XSubject(s): Culture | Civilization, Modern
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Book
|
British Museum | Royal Anthropological Institute | Open Shelves | KDK [RUN-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | L68415 |
Includes bibl. notes. - Contents: I, Civilization as political transformation. Civilization and enlightenment / Immanuel Kant; Nations and civilizations: extract from An essay on the history of civil society / Adam Ferguson; Civilization, enlightenment and the new world / Thomas Jefferson; Democracy and despotism: extracts from Democracy in America / A. de Tocqueville; II, Cultural critiques of civilization. Civilization and romanticism / Friedrich Schiller; Civilization as cruelty / Friedrich Nietzsche; Culture's invisible loss / Georg Simmel; Militarism and culture / Thomas Mann; Civilization's Streit: why war? / Sigmund Freud; III, Sociology and anthropology: from civilization to civilizing processes. Between sociology and anthropology I: Note on the notion of civilization / Emile Durkheim, Marcel Mauss; II: Civilization, elements and forms / Marcel Mauss; History and civilization / Lucien Febvre; Civilization and culture: a synthesis / Alfred Weber; Cities of culture, cities of civilization / Robert E. Park; Civilization, culture, identity: an extract from The Germans / Norbert Elias.
Book