Fully revised, updated and extended to include the momentous
developments of 2020, this fourth edition of Peter Rietbergen's
highly acclaimed Europe: A Cultural History is a major and original
contribution to the study of Europe. The book examines the
structures of culture in this part of Eurasia from the beginnings
of human settlement on to the genesis of agricultural society, of
greater polities, of urban systems, and the slow transitions that
resulted in a (post-)industrial society and the individualistic
mass culture of the present. Using both economic and
socio-political analytical concepts, the volume outlines cultural
continuity and change in Europe through the lenses of literature,
the arts, science, technology and music, to show the continent's
ever-changing identities. In a highly readable style, it expertly
contextualizes such diverse and wide-ranging topics as Celtic
society, the Roman legal system, the oppositions between 'elite'
and 'popular' culture in pre-industrial Europe, Michelangelo's
world-view, the interaction between the Enlightenment and
Romanticism, the growth of a society of time and money, the appeal
of fascism and other totalitarian ideologies, and the ways the
songs of Sting express late twentieth-century thinking. Structured
both chronologically and thematically, the text is distinctive in
the attention consistently paid to the many ways Europe has been
formed through its contacts with non-European cultures, especially
those of Asia and the Americas. This edition concludes with an
epilogue that discusses the ways Europe's recent past - including
the long-term efforts at further unification, and the various forms
of opposition against it - has been both interpreted and
misinterpreted; the importance of globalization; and the major
challenges facing Europe in the present, amongst which are the
consequences of the pandemic of 2020. With a wide selection of
illustrations, maps, excerpts from primary sources and even lyrics
from contemporary songs to support its arguments, the text remains
the definitive cultural history of Europe for both the general
reader and students of European history and culture.
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