The Twilight Years: The Paradox of Britain Between the Wars
Richard Overy
"Thought-provoking and illuminating...Overy's study of British culture between the wars is absorbing and unexpectedly moving."
-The New York Times Book Review
Original, entertaining, and ever-surprising,The Twilight Yearstells the story of how an abiding fear of war influenced English life in the aftermath of World War I. Britain had become a laboratory for modern thought and experimentations, from eugenics to Freud's unconscious. And drawing upon these innovative ideas and concepts, intellectuals, politicians, scientists, and artists-among them Arnold Toynbee, Aldous Huxley, and H.G. Wells-grappled with a creeping fear that the West was staring down the end of civilization.The Twilight Yearsspeaks to the frightening power of ideas in a rapidly changing world.
-The New York Times Book Review
Original, entertaining, and ever-surprising,The Twilight Yearstells the story of how an abiding fear of war influenced English life in the aftermath of World War I. Britain had become a laboratory for modern thought and experimentations, from eugenics to Freud's unconscious. And drawing upon these innovative ideas and concepts, intellectuals, politicians, scientists, and artists-among them Arnold Toynbee, Aldous Huxley, and H.G. Wells-grappled with a creeping fear that the West was staring down the end of civilization.The Twilight Yearsspeaks to the frightening power of ideas in a rapidly changing world.
年:
2010
出版社:
Penguin Books
语言:
english
页:
544
ISBN 10:
0143118110
ISBN 13:
9780143118114
文件:
EPUB, 1.34 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2010
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