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The Style and Mythology of Socialism: Socialist Idealism, 1871-1914 - Routledge Studies in Modern History Arvidsson, Stefan (Linnaeus University, Sweden) 1st edition
The Style and Mythology of Socialism: Socialist Idealism, 1871-1914 - Routledge Studies in Modern History
Arvidsson, Stefan (Linnaeus University, Sweden)
Arguably no modern ideology has diffused as fast as Socialism. From the mid-nineteenth century to the last quarter of the twentieth socialist ideals played a crucial part not only in the political sphere, but also influenced the way people worked and played, thought and felt, designed and decorated, hoped and yearned. By proposing general observations on the relationship between socialism, imagination, myth and utopia, as well as bringing the late nineteenth century socialist culture ? a culture imbued with Biblical narratives, Christian symbols, classic mythology, rituals from freemasonry, Viking romanticism, and utopian speculations ? together under the novel term ?socialist idealism?, The Style and Mythology of Socialism: Socialist Idealism, 1871?1914 draws attention to the symbolic, artistic and rhetorical ways that socialism originally set the hearts of people on fire.
384 pages, 14 Line drawings, black and white; 58 Halftones, black and white; 7 Tables, black and whi
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 10, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138738355 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 338 |
| Dimensions | 240 × 163 × 28 mm · 652 g |
| Language | English |