H. Stuart Hughes was perhaps the greatest chronicler of the
modern intellectual history of Europe. His monumental work,
"Consciousness and Society," was a benchmark. The original
publication of the book marks the first time an author undertook
with such power or so broad a scope the canvas used by the
generation of 1890's Europe. When it was first published,
"Consciousness and Society" was greeted with much respect and
admiration. It still affects the way historians and political
theorists approach their work.
Hughes' ideas, and the way they are expressed in "Consciousness
and Society," have become paradigms of twentieth-century
scholarship. In dealing with the changing social thought after 1890
in Europe, Hughes covers a wide array of thinkers and issues in a
scholarly, yet graceful manner. His is a study of the "cluster of
genius" of Europe at that time: Croce, Durkheim, Freud, Weber, and
Nietzsche, as well as other great European minds. The book explores
questions that are still relevant in today's society: Is the
separation of facts and values tenable, or even desirable? Can
rationality accommodate the ideas of a Bergson or a Freud? Is
there, or should there be, a relationship between science and
religion? And does history have any ultimate meaning for later
generations?
"Consciousness and Society" was the first of a trilogy, the
latter two being "The Obstructed Path" and "The Sea Change." While
the subsequent studies are also groundbreaking and significant
works, it was "Consciousness and Society" that established Hughes'
rank in the field of intellectual history. Hughes approaches his
subjects, as he later did with pertinent issues of the
twentieth-century, with both reason and compassion. This edition
includes an elegant new introduction by the distinguished political
scientist Stanley Hoffmann.
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