The Idea of Decline in Western History by Arthur Herman

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Through a series of biographical portraits spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, this work traces the roots of declinism and aims to show how major thinkers such as Nietzsche, DuBois, Sartre and Foucault, have contributed to its development as a coherent ideology of cultural pessimism.

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The Idea of Decline in Western History by Arthur Herman

Through a series of biographical portraits spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, this work traces the roots of declinism and aims to show how major thinkers such as Nietzsche, DuBois, Sartre and Foucault, have contributed to its development as a coherent ideology of cultural pessimism.
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ISBN 13 9780684827919
ISBN 10 0684827913
Title The Idea of Decline in Western History
Author Arthur Herman
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Year published 1997-01-08
Number of pages 521
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