Consciousness and Society FROM THE PUBLISHER
H. Stuart Hughes was perhaps the greatest chronicler of the modern intellectual history of Europe. His monumental work. Consciousness and Society, was a benchmark. The original publication of the book marks the first time an author undertook with such power or so broad a scope the canvas used by the generation of 1890s Europe. When it was first published. Consciousness and Society was greeted with much respect and admiration. It still affects the way historians and political theorists approach their work.
SYNOPSIS
Originally published in 1958, this intellectual history studied the changing currents of the European thought in philosophy, sociology, politics, psychology, and literature among the generation of the 1890s. Hughes (emeritus, history, U. of California) first lays out the basis for his inquiry, arguing that the subject matter of intellectual history in general is "rationalizations" of various levels of complexity and for his work in particular is the enunciation and development of ideas that will eventually inspire governing elites. Among the intellectuals discussed are Durkheim, George Sorel, Freud, Benedetto Croce, Thomas Mann, Herman Hesse, and Proust. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR
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