Das Zeitalter der Intelligenz
Subtitle: zur vergleichenden Geschichte der Gebildeten in Europa bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg
By: Denis Sdvižkov.
Edition: 1. Aufl.
Series: Synthesen -- Bd. 3
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Göttingen, Niedersachs
Language: ger
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9783525368022
Subjects: Intellect -- Europe -- History.; Intelligence levels -- Europe -- History.; Europe -- Intellectual life -- History.
Description: Summary
Instead of suggesting a new concept of the »intelligentsia«, the book traces its development and reconstructs the identities of its members between nationalist claims and universalistic cosmopolitanism. Concentrating on France, Germany, Poland and Russia, the author argues that the transformation of the intelligentsia as a major social stratum largely reflects the development of European society. In the last resort, the erosion and collapse of the intelligentsia gave way to the rise of the middle classes, which shaped Europe’s social development from the late nineteenth century onwards.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-254) and indexes.