The revolt of the masses / José Ortega y Gasset.

By:

Ortega y Gasset, José, 1883-1955

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TextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publication details: New York : London ; W. W. Norton, 1993.Description: 190 p. ; 21 cmContent type:

text

ISBN:

9780393310955

Uniform titles:

Rebelion de las masas. English

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Contents:

Ch. 1. The coming of the masses -- Ch. 2. The rise of the historic level -- Ch. 3. The height of the times -- Ch. 4. The increase of life -- Ch. 5. A statistical fact -- Ch. 6. The dissection of the mass-man begins -- Ch. 7. Noble life and common life -- Ch. 8. Why the masses intervene in everything -- Ch. 9. The primitive and technical -- Ch. 10. Primitivism and history -- Ch. 11. The self-satisfied age -- Ch. 12. The barbarism of "specialisation" -- Ch. 13. The greatest danger, the state -- Ch. 14. Who rules in the world? -- Ch. 15. We arrive at the real question.

Summary: Social upheaval in early 20th-century Europe is the historical setting for this seminal study by the Spanish philosopher, José Ortega y Gasset. Continuously in print since 1932, Ortega's vision of Western culture as sinking to its lowest common denominator and drifting toward chaos brought its author international fame and has remained one of the influential books of the 20th century. Continuously in print since 1932, Ortega's analysis of Western culture as sinking to its lowest common denominator and drifting toward chaos brought its author international fame and has remained one of the most influential books of our time.

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Ch. 1. The coming of the masses --
Ch. 2. The rise of the historic level --
Ch. 3. The height of the times --
Ch. 4. The increase of life --
Ch. 5. A statistical fact --
Ch. 6. The dissection of the mass-man begins --
Ch. 7. Noble life and common life --
Ch. 8. Why the masses intervene in everything --
Ch. 9. The primitive and technical --
Ch. 10. Primitivism and history --
Ch. 11. The self-satisfied age --
Ch. 12. The barbarism of "specialisation" --
Ch. 13. The greatest danger, the state --
Ch. 14. Who rules in the world? --
Ch. 15. We arrive at the real question.

Social upheaval in early 20th-century Europe is the historical setting for this seminal study by the Spanish philosopher, José Ortega y Gasset. Continuously in print since 1932, Ortega's vision of Western culture as sinking to its lowest common denominator and drifting toward chaos brought its author international fame and has remained one of the influential books of the 20th century.

Continuously in print since 1932, Ortega's analysis of Western culture as sinking to its lowest common denominator and drifting toward chaos brought its author international fame and has remained one of the most influential books of our time.

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