{"product_id":"german-ideology-louis-dumont-9780226169538","title":"German Ideology: From France to Germany and Back","description":"In this comparative anthropological analysis, Louis Dumont illuminates German and French ideology, European culture, and cultural interaction. His analysis of texts by Troeltsch, Thomas Mann, Goethe, and others, against the background of previously gathered evidence and of French common notions, specify the differences--otherwise frequently but vaguely alluded to--between French and German cultures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnyone interested in the fate of national ideology and the concept of the individual will benefit from this radical reinterpretation of modern values and the place of modernity in history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"What Fran輟is Furet did for French history, Dumont did for anthropology, turning it away from engaged politics and towards the sober study of the modern age.\" --Mark Lilla, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There are many fine things in Dumont's study. Beyond any doubt, his cultural anthropology of the modern spirit highlights some of the key energies of the of the last two centuries. . . . [An] impressive . . . detailed analysis.\" --Martin Swales, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[An] unsettling, rich, demanding, profound study.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louis Dumont\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226169537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226169538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.95h x 6.03w x 0.70d","brand":"Louis Dumont","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946336616703,"sku":"9780226169538","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_37cc5a78-a7ca-4bb1-b000-3f9aa1fa6f34.jpg?v=1681512584","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/german-ideology-louis-dumont-9780226169538","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}