Barzun, Jacques - From Dawn To Decadence, 500 Years of Western Cultural Life (2000)

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2、trollwithWilliamJamesTheCultureWeDeserveFROMDAWNTODECADENCE500YearsofWesternCulturalLife1500tothePresentJACQUESBARZUNHaHarperCollins/^/zs/rersFROMDAWNTODECADENCE.Copyright©2000byJacquesBarzun.Allrightsreserved.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Nopartofthisb

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5、asbeenappliedfor.ISBN0-06-017586-90001020304«VRRD109876ToALLWHOMITMAYCONCERNContentsAUTHOR'SNOTE•ixPROLOGUE:FromCurrentConcernstotheSubjectofThisBook•xiiiPARTI:FromLuther'sNinety-fiveThesestoBoyle's"InvisibleCollege"•1PARTII:FromtheBogandSandofVersaillestot

6、heTennisCourt•237PARTIII:FromFaust,PartI,tothe"NudeDescendingaStaircaseNo.2"•463PARTIV:From"TheGreatIllusion"to"WesternCivHasGottoGo"•681ReferenceNotes•803IndexofPersons•829IndexofSubjects•853Author'sNoteITTAKESONLYalookatthenumberstoseethatthe20thcenturyis

7、comingtoanend.AwideranddeeperscrutinyisneededtoseethatintheWestthecultureofthelast500yearsisendingatthesametime.Believingthistobetrue,Ihavethoughtittherightmomenttoreviewinsequencethegreatachievementsandthesorryfailuresofourhalfmillennium.Thisundertakinghas

8、alsogivenmeachancetodescribeatfirsthandforanyinterestedposteritysomeaspectsofpresentdecadencethatmayhaveescapednotice,andtoshowhowtheyrelatetoothersgenerallyacknowl•edged.Butthelivelyandpositivepredomi