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C.P. Snow and the Struggle of Modernity by John De La Mothe Hardcover
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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Product Type
- Literature & Fiction βΊ History & Criticism
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Modified Item
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- ISBN
- 9780773509146
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism
- Publication Name
- C. P. Snow and the Struggle of Modernity
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Publication Year
- 1992
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Weight
- 21.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN-10
0773509143
ISBN-13
9780773509146
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1235802
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
C. P. Snow and the Struggle of Modernity
Publication Year
1992
Subject
General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
21.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
Reviews
"C.P. Snow and the Struggle of Modernity is engaging and challenging. Its scholarship is impressive. Intelligence and sensitivity inform the analysis of this complex and most crucial subject matter. It is a first-rate intellectual biography." Alkis Kontos, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto. "an original, provocative, and convincing study ... significant not only in its own right as the most comprehensive study to date of Snow's life and works but also as a successful integration of the three principal areas of his life and works: literature, science, and politics." Howard P. Segal, Department of History, University of Maine.
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Synopsis
The condition of modernity springs from that tension between science and the humanities which had its roots in the Enlightenment but only reached the height of its impact with the rise of twentieth-century technology. It manifests itself most notably in a crisis of individuality generated by the nexus of science, literature, and politics - a combination that challenges each of us to find a balance, within our personal identities, between our private and public selves in what is otherwise an estranging world. This challenge - "the struggle of modernity" - finds no better expression than in the life and works of C.P. Snow. In his career as novelist, scientist, and civil servant, C.P. Snow (1905-1980) attempted to bridge the disparate worlds of modern science and the humanities., Snow is often regarded as a late-Victorian liberal who had little to say about the modernist period in which he lived and wrote. John de la Mothe, however, convincingly challenges this analysis with an insightful reassessment of Snow's place in twentieth-century thought. He argues that Snow's life and writings reflect a persistent struggle with the nature of modernity. This is most notable, de la Mothe reveals, in the Strangers and Brothers sequence of novels and the provocative thesis in The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution. These works, along with the body of Snow's work and the multiplicity of his life, manifest Snow's belief that science and technology are at the centre of modern life.
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