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Culture of Power and the Power of Culture Old Regime Europe 1660-1789

Blanning T. C. W.
Innbundet / 2002 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780198227458
Publisert
2002
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
873 gr
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
163 mm
Dybde
31 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
496

Forfatter
Blanning T. C. W.

Culture of Power and the Power of Culture Old Regime Europe 1660-1789

Blanning T. C. W.
Innbundet / 2002 / Engelsk
Blanning T. C. W.
Innbundet / 2002 / Engelsk
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This is an excellent cultural history. Tim Blanning's book explores the architectural, literary, artistic and musical features of old regime Europe and elegantly sets them within the wider landscape of domestic politics, international rivalry and the challenges and opportunities posed to rulers and states by the rise of public opinion ... impressive in scope, beautifully written and full of the jibes and wry asides which make the relentlessly growing body of work by this author so enjoyable to read ...

Mike Rapport, French Studies

handsomely produced, clearly written and vigorously argued, The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture is full of things to admire, ponder and quarrel with.

German History

This book is a work of synthesis, built on the author's impressive command over the vast scholarly literature on eighteenth-century politics and culture. But while the contours of his historical landscape are familiar enough, Blanning offers a variety of original insights, stimulating analyses and critical comments on other interpretations.

German History

Se alle

His [Blanning's] prose remains as terse and lively as ever.

English Historical Review

Well-written and interesting ... Blanning's work rests on wide-ranging reading, and is theoretically acute and attractively priced. Art and music are both capably covered ... Few have Blanning's range. He is particularly interesting on developments in France and is good at capturing the changing character of attitudes towards the monarchy. Blanning offers one of the best short accounts available of the coming of the Revolution ... first-rate work.

History

For sheer boldness of scale and ambition, I encountered nothing better this year.

John Adamson, Books of the Year, Sunday Telegraph

As a lucid and readable general survey, as a concise presentation of the results of new research (especially German research), and as a serious and successful attempt to integrate the history of music into general history, this book deserves a warm welcome

Peter Burke, History Today

Wide ranging and accessible.

The Economist

A bravura display of broad scholarship, interpretative originality, and literary panache.

John Adamson, Literary Review

This book sets new standards for historical writing by demonstrating the fallaciousness of the arbitrary division between political and cultural history (still extensively maintained within the groves of academe), and by magnificently exemplifying the truth that neither can be properly understood without the other'.

John Adamson, Literary Review

In this fascinating new account of Old Regime Europe, T.C.W. Blanning explores the cultural revolution which transformed eighteenth-century Europe. During this period the court culture exemplified by Louis XIV's Versailles was pushed from the centre to the margins by the emergence of a new kind of space - the public sphere. The author shows how many of the world's most important cultural institutions developed in this space: the periodical, the newspaper, the novel, the lending library, the coffee house, the voluntary association, the journalist, and the critic. It was here that public opinion staked its claim to be the ultimate arbiter of culture and politics. For the established order this new force was to prove both a challenge and an opportunity and the author's comparative study of power and culture shows how regimes sought to keep their balance as the ground moved beneath their feet. In the process he explains, among other things, why Britain won the 'Second Hundred Years War' against France, how Prussia rose to become the dominant power in German-speaking Europe, and why the French monarchy collapsed.
Les mer
A great cultural revolution struck Europe in the 18th century with the arrival of the public sphere. Public opinion in the form of new cultural institutions such as the newspaper, the novel, and the coffee house threw down the gauntlet to established regimes. This book explores the interaction of politics and culture during Old Regime Europe.
Les mer
INTRODUCTION: THE CULTURE OF POWER AND THE POWER OF CULTURE ; Overture ; Representational Culture and the Public Sphere ; The Nation ; PART ONE: REPRESENTATIONAL CULTURE ; 1. Louis XIV and Versailles ; 2. The Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy ; 3. The Status of the Artist ; PART TWO: THE RISE OF THE PUBLIC SPHERE ; 4. Communications ; 5. Markets ; PART THREE: REVOLUTION ; 6. The Rise of the Nation ; 7. The British Way ; 8. The Cultural Origins of the French Revolution ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index
Les mer
`This is an informative textbook-with-a-thesis, which should be welcomed not only by students intent on understanding eighteenth-century France, Britain and Prussia, but by all interested in Habermas-inspired arguments about the 'rise of the public sphere'.' Social History Society Bulletin `Blanning takes a subject and through investigating tiny episodes, attempts to trace the development of a cultural process ... In this pleasantly eclectic study there are no heavily argued theses, but serendipitous facts from far and wide ... Diverse and unexpected ... a richly serendipitous quest for the Old Regime.' David Nokes, The Independent Magazine 'generous and absorbing' TLS March'02 'does full justice to the multifarious forces at work in high gothic and ancien regime Europe' Before the Euro Vision, Arts and Books, Daily Telegraph review by Daniel Johnson, 9 Feb'02 `Blannnig brings an incisive intelligence' John Adamson, Sunday Telegraph, 01/12/02
Les mer
Voted best book of 2002 on early modern history (1500-1800) by 'Humanities. Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte'
Sets the high culture of the period - literature, art, and music - alongside political developments to offer a unique account of the last years of Old Regime Europe. Explores the origins of some of the modern world's most important cultural institutions: the newspaper, the lending libray, the coffee house, and the novel. Shows how government spin came to be crucial to a regime's success and failure long before the late twentieth-century.
Les mer
Sets the high culture of the period - literature, art, and music - alongside political developments to offer a unique account of the last years of Old Regime Europe. Explores the origins of some of the modern world's most important cultural institutions: the newspaper, the lending libray, the coffee house, and the novel. Shows how government spin came to be crucial to a regime's success and failure long before the late twentieth-century.
Les mer

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This is an excellent cultural history. Tim Blanning's book explores the architectural, literary, artistic and musical features of old regime Europe and elegantly sets them within the wider landscape of domestic politics, international rivalry and the challenges and opportunities posed to rulers and states by the rise of public opinion ... impressive in scope, beautifully written and full of the jibes and wry asides which make the relentlessly growing body of work by this author so enjoyable to read ...

Mike Rapport, French Studies

handsomely produced, clearly written and vigorously argued, The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture is full of things to admire, ponder and quarrel with.

German History

This book is a work of synthesis, built on the author's impressive command over the vast scholarly literature on eighteenth-century politics and culture. But while the contours of his historical landscape are familiar enough, Blanning offers a variety of original insights, stimulating analyses and critical comments on other interpretations.

German History

Se alle

His [Blanning's] prose remains as terse and lively as ever.

English Historical Review

Well-written and interesting ... Blanning's work rests on wide-ranging reading, and is theoretically acute and attractively priced. Art and music are both capably covered ... Few have Blanning's range. He is particularly interesting on developments in France and is good at capturing the changing character of attitudes towards the monarchy. Blanning offers one of the best short accounts available of the coming of the Revolution ... first-rate work.

History

For sheer boldness of scale and ambition, I encountered nothing better this year.

John Adamson, Books of the Year, Sunday Telegraph

As a lucid and readable general survey, as a concise presentation of the results of new research (especially German research), and as a serious and successful attempt to integrate the history of music into general history, this book deserves a warm welcome

Peter Burke, History Today

Wide ranging and accessible.

The Economist

A bravura display of broad scholarship, interpretative originality, and literary panache.

John Adamson, Literary Review

This book sets new standards for historical writing by demonstrating the fallaciousness of the arbitrary division between political and cultural history (still extensively maintained within the groves of academe), and by magnificently exemplifying the truth that neither can be properly understood without the other'.

John Adamson, Literary Review

In this fascinating new account of Old Regime Europe, T.C.W. Blanning explores the cultural revolution which transformed eighteenth-century Europe. During this period the court culture exemplified by Louis XIV's Versailles was pushed from the centre to the margins by the emergence of a new kind of space - the public sphere. The author shows how many of the world's most important cultural institutions developed in this space: the periodical, the newspaper, the novel, the lending library, the coffee house, the voluntary association, the journalist, and the critic. It was here that public opinion staked its claim to be the ultimate arbiter of culture and politics. For the established order this new force was to prove both a challenge and an opportunity and the author's comparative study of power and culture shows how regimes sought to keep their balance as the ground moved beneath their feet. In the process he explains, among other things, why Britain won the 'Second Hundred Years War' against France, how Prussia rose to become the dominant power in German-speaking Europe, and why the French monarchy collapsed.
Les mer
A great cultural revolution struck Europe in the 18th century with the arrival of the public sphere. Public opinion in the form of new cultural institutions such as the newspaper, the novel, and the coffee house threw down the gauntlet to established regimes. This book explores the interaction of politics and culture during Old Regime Europe.
Les mer
INTRODUCTION: THE CULTURE OF POWER AND THE POWER OF CULTURE ; Overture ; Representational Culture and the Public Sphere ; The Nation ; PART ONE: REPRESENTATIONAL CULTURE ; 1. Louis XIV and Versailles ; 2. The Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy ; 3. The Status of the Artist ; PART TWO: THE RISE OF THE PUBLIC SPHERE ; 4. Communications ; 5. Markets ; PART THREE: REVOLUTION ; 6. The Rise of the Nation ; 7. The British Way ; 8. The Cultural Origins of the French Revolution ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index
Les mer
`This is an informative textbook-with-a-thesis, which should be welcomed not only by students intent on understanding eighteenth-century France, Britain and Prussia, but by all interested in Habermas-inspired arguments about the 'rise of the public sphere'.' Social History Society Bulletin `Blanning takes a subject and through investigating tiny episodes, attempts to trace the development of a cultural process ... In this pleasantly eclectic study there are no heavily argued theses, but serendipitous facts from far and wide ... Diverse and unexpected ... a richly serendipitous quest for the Old Regime.' David Nokes, The Independent Magazine 'generous and absorbing' TLS March'02 'does full justice to the multifarious forces at work in high gothic and ancien regime Europe' Before the Euro Vision, Arts and Books, Daily Telegraph review by Daniel Johnson, 9 Feb'02 `Blannnig brings an incisive intelligence' John Adamson, Sunday Telegraph, 01/12/02
Les mer
Voted best book of 2002 on early modern history (1500-1800) by 'Humanities. Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte'
Sets the high culture of the period - literature, art, and music - alongside political developments to offer a unique account of the last years of Old Regime Europe. Explores the origins of some of the modern world's most important cultural institutions: the newspaper, the lending libray, the coffee house, and the novel. Shows how government spin came to be crucial to a regime's success and failure long before the late twentieth-century.
Les mer
Sets the high culture of the period - literature, art, and music - alongside political developments to offer a unique account of the last years of Old Regime Europe. Explores the origins of some of the modern world's most important cultural institutions: the newspaper, the lending libray, the coffee house, and the novel. Shows how government spin came to be crucial to a regime's success and failure long before the late twentieth-century.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198227458
Publisert
2002
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
873 gr
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
163 mm
Dybde
31 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
496

Forfatter
Blanning T. C. W.

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