Format:
1 online resource (xii, 187 pages)
ISBN:
9781315081632
,
9781351529679
Content:
part PART ONE. Cultural Anniversaries and Postmodernism in Western Europe and the United States -- chapter 1 Anniversaries during 1988: Opportunities Seized and Missed -- chapter 2 The Cult of Anniversaries and Rhythms of the Calendar -- chapter 3 National Identity and Its Propagation through Anniversaries -- chapter 4 The Commemoration Industry and the Economic Benefits of Anniversaries -- chapter 5 Courtly Traditions and National Styles of Commemoration -- chapter 6 Humanist Tradition as a Link between Countries and Generations -- chapter 7 Objections to the Cult of Anniversaries -- part PART TWO. Anniversaries during the 1990s and Bimillennial Consciousness -- chapter 8 Anniversaries from Ancient Greece and Rome as Harbingers of the Bimillennium -- chapter 9 Christian Anniversaries in a Secular Age -- chapter 10 Beyond Postmodernism: From the Age of Anniversaries to Bimillennial Consciousness.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780887383755
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781412842334
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780887383755
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315081632
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