The Culture of Western Europe by George L. Mosse, Anthony Jam... - 9780299339449

University of Wisconsin Press

The Culture of Western EuropeThe Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries\nAuthor(s): George L. Mosse, Anthony James Steinhoff\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press, United States\nImprint: University of Wisconsin Press\nISBN-13: 9780299339449, 978-0299339449\nSynopsis\nThe Culture of Western Europe, George L. Mosses sweeping cultural history, was originally published in 1961 and revised and expanded in 1974 and 1988. Originating from the lectures at the University of WisconsinMadison for which Mosse would become famous, the book addresses, in crisp and accessible language, the key issues he saw as animating the movement of culture in Europe. Mosse emphasizes the role of both rational and irrational forces in making modern Europe, beginning with the interplay between eighteenth-century rationalism and nineteenth-century Romanticism. He traces cultural and political movements in all areas of society, especially nationalism but also economics, class identity and confli.