Introduction -- Aspects of physiognomy -- Disintegration -- The democratic way -- Man and machinery -- Money and commerce -- Ideological confusion -- Ends and means -- Threats to the individual -- Devitalization -- Psychological traits -- Art and alienation -- Past, present, future -- Europe : division and dilemmas
Summary
In a text-orientated approach, this study presents a rich mosaic depicting a tradition of European socio-cultural criticism since the French Revolution. Accepting the inevitability of technological advance, critics rejected the proud assumption of progress and stressed the negatives instead
