Breakdowns
Subtitle: The Destiny of the Twentieth Century (Plattsburgh Studies in the Humanities)
Contributors: Jurgen Kleist (Editor); Bruce A. Butterfield (Editor)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing; Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften; Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: June 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780820421926
Subjects: Anthropology - Cultural; 20th Century World History; 20th century; Deconstruction; Social History; Sociology
Description: This book is a collection of essays by scholars and artists who participated in the symposium "Breakdowns" at the State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh in March 1992. The essays address breakdowns of the twentieth century - in social, educational, political and economic spheres - as well as deconstruction in literature and explore both the sources and significance of the phenomenon.