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Changing European visions of disaster and development : rekindling Faust's humanism /

Goethe's 1832 play Faust offers a vision of humanity realizing freedom and prosperity through transcending natural adversity. Changing European Visions of Disaster and Development returns to Faust as a way of exploring the rise and fall of European humanist aspirations to build free and prosper...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pupavac, Vanessa (Author), Pupavac, Mladen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
Series:Studies in social and global justice.
Subjects:
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, > 1749-1832. > Faust.
Disasters > Europe.
Disasters > Forecasting.
Humanism > Europe.
Liberty.
Europe > Politics and government.
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Summary:Goethe's 1832 play Faust offers a vision of humanity realizing freedom and prosperity through transcending natural adversity. Changing European Visions of Disaster and Development returns to Faust as a way of exploring the rise and fall of European humanist aspirations to build free and prosperous national political communities protected from natural disasters.
Physical Description:xiv, 297 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-292) and index.
ISBN:153814493X
9781538144930