The Crisis Of Reason

An exploration of the history of ideas in Europe from the revolutions of 1848 to the beginning of World War I. The text is populated with the great thinkers of ... » 

An exploration of the history of ideas in Europe from the revolutions of 1848 to the beginning of World War I. The text is populated with the great thinkers of the age - among them Mill, Nietzsche and Wilde - and examines the impact of scientific and social concepts such as social Darwinism. «