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Douthat, Ross Gregory, 1979-
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Civilization, Modern -- 21st century.
Popular culture -- History -- 21st century.
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Douthat, Ross Gregory, 1979-
Civilization, Modern -- 21st century.
Popular culture -- History -- 21st century.
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The
Decadent
society
:
how
we
became
the
victims
of
our
own
success
/ Ross Douthat.
by
Douthat, Ross Gregory, 1979-
Avid Reader Press, 2020.
Call #:
909.83 D741d
Subjects
Civilization, Modern -- 21st century.
Popular culture -- History -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9781476785240 (hc.)
Edition:
1st Avid Reader Press hardcover ed.
Description:
x, 258 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction: The closing of the frontier -- The Four Horsemen. Stagnation ; Sterility ; Sclerosis ; Repetition -- Sustainable decadence. Comfortably numb ; A kindly despotism ; Waiting for the barbarians ; Giving decadence its due -- The deaths of decadence. Catastrophe ; Renaissance ; Providence.
Summary:
"When a rich and powerful
society
ceases advancing -- a combination of wealth and technological proficiency with economic stagnation, political stalemates, cultural exhaustion, and demographic decline -- it creates a strange kind of "sustainable decadence." It reflects a sense of futility and disappointment-- a feeling that the future was not what was promised, that the frontiers have all been closed, and that the paths forward lead only to the grave. Douthat shows
how
we
got here,
how
long
our
age of frustration might last, and
how
, whether in renaissance or catastrophe,
our
decadence might ultimately end." -- adapted from jacket.
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