Romantic Disillusionism and the Sceptical Tradition
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Romantic Disillusionism and the Sceptical Tradition

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  2. English
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Romantic Disillusionism and the Sceptical Tradition

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Platonic Romanticism had a dark underside from its inception: Romantic Disillusionism, encompassing the Gothic and the new demonic doppelganger. The Classical Tradition's conflict between Plato and Pyrrho, foundationalism and scepticism, optimism and pessimism was thus continued. Lord Byron's was the most listened-to and echoed voice of Romantic Disillusionism in Europe, though by far not the only one. This comparative study of a multiplicity of sceptical English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, and Czech voices shows how traditional Pyrrhonic arguments were updated to suit the decades of the Romantic Movement, surviving as a subversive countercurrent to later Victorianism and resurging in the literature of the Decadence and Fin de Siècle.

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Yes, you can access Romantic Disillusionism and the Sceptical Tradition by Rolf P. Lessenich in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Science General. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
V&R Unipress
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9783847106326
eBook ISBN
9783847006329
Edition
1
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Science General
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Body
  5. The Two Sides of Romanticism
  6. Introduction
  7. I Romantic Disillusionism
  8. II Heterogeneous Man's Weak Will and Mind
  9. III The Vanity of the Passions
  10. IV The Injustice of the World
  11. V Doubt of Synthesis: The Aimlessness of History
  12. VI Doubt of Resurrection and Regeneration: Cultural Pessimism
  13. VII Man's Isolation and Progressive Disappointment
  14. VIII The Falseness of Philosophical Essentialism and Systems
  15. Retrospect and Outlook: The Intellectual Searcher's Negative Epiphany
  16. Select Bibliography
  17. Index