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Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society, Seventh Edition
Marvin Perry, Baruch College, City University of New York, Emeritus
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Chapter 31: Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism
A World Gone Mad- In the decades after World War I, the dominant strains in European intellectual circles were disillusionment, pessimism, and despair. A war which had been so eagerly anticipated by so many, left wounds that made it all but impossible to believe in the inevitability of progress and the strength of European civilization. Reread the passages by Freud, Remarque, Yeats, Jung, Huizinga, and Forster on pages 810 and 811. When you're done, write a short essay explaining the causes and consequences of postwar pessimism. In your opinion, did such pessimism contribute to the rise of totalitarianism? If so, in what ways?
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