Two fin de siècles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12417706 |
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| Authors | H L Wesseling, Henk Wesseling (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 213-220 |
| Publication date | 1994-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1062798700001113 |
| OpenAlex | W2092662599 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Is the end of the 20th century comparable with the end of the 19th century, the so-called fin de siècle ? To what extent are the cultural characterizations of that decade—for fin de siècle is first and foremost a cultural concept—applicable to our days? The answer to this question is not easy to give because there are similarities as well as dissimilarities. The central preoccupation of the fin de siècle however was the feeling of decadence, the idea that European civilization was past its prime and on to the end. This notion is not a characteristic of the present day's cultural climate and therefore there exists a fundamental difference between the two periods
Archaeology · Art · Civilization · Decadence · Epistemology · Feeling · Fin · Fin de siecle · Humanities · Literature · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Materials Science · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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