Christian Modernism in an Age of Totalitarianism

T.S. Eliot, Karl Mannheim and the Moot

AvJonas Kurlberg,Matthew Feldman

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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With fascism on the march in Europe and a second World War looming, a group of Britain’s leading intellectuals – including T.S. Eliot, Karl Mannheim, John Middleton Murry, J. H. Oldham and Michael Polanyi – gathered together to explore ways of revitalising a culture that seemed to have lost its way. The group called themselves ‘the Moot’. Drawing on previously unpublished archival documents, this is the first in-depth study of the group’s work, writings and ideas in the decade of its existence from 1938-1947.Christian Modernism in an Age of Totalitarianism explores the ways in which an important and influential strand of Modernist thought in the interwar years turned back to Christian ideas to offer a blueprint for the revitalisation of European culture. In this way the book challenges conceptions of Modernism as a secular movement and sheds new light on the culture of the late Modernist period.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-01-28
Mått:152 x 232 x 18 mm
Vikt:420 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Historicizing Modernism
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350211575

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Jonas Kurlberg is the Programme Manager of the MA in Digital Theology at Durham University, UK.

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List of AbbreviationsAcknowledgments1 INTRODUCTION: THE MOOT AND MODERNISMBrief Overview of the MootPolitical Modernism: Decadence and RevivalThe Moot as a Modernist ExperimentThe Moot, Modernism and ChristianityNotes on Sources and Methodology2 THE MOOT AND CIVILIZATIONAL CRISISIntroductionChristianity and CrisisThe Moot and CrisisConclusion3 THE REBIRTH OF CHRISTENDOMIntroductionNew Beginnings Through a New ChristendomMaritain’s neo-Thomism, Medieval Modernism and the MootThe Influence of Jacques Maritain’s True Humanism on the MootLessons from Medieval ChristendomPlanning for FreedomConclusion: ‘Programmatic Modernism’, Prospects and Tensions4 ‘WHY WE HATE THE GESTAPO’: LIBERALISM, TOTALITARIANISM AND THE THIRD WAYIntroductionThe Church, Community and State Conference, and Christian TotalitarianismThe Moot on Liberalism and DemocracyEngaging with the Political AlternativesConclusion5 CONFLICTS IN LIGHT OF MODERNISM: T. S. ELIOT AND KARL MANNHEIM IN DIALOGUEIntroductionEliot and Mannheim at the MootCommon GroundClashes on the Transformation of CultureConclusion6 THE MOOT AS A REVITALISATION MOVEMENTIntroductionCreating a ManifestoOldham’s CouncilsThe Formation of an OrderNew education, new manChannels of disseminationRevolutionary or reformist?Conclusion: The Moot’s failed revolution7 CONCLUSIONModernist interpretive framingTheoretical gainsLegacy of the MootAPPENDIX: LIST OF THE MOOT MEMBERSRegular membersVisitorsBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX