Decadence and Innovation

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"A small selection of papers from a large international conference on Austria-Hungary at the turn of the century, held at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University of London in December, 1986"--P. [ix]. Includes bibliographical references. Images of the city / Edward Timms -- The role of Jews in Viennese culture and society at the turn of the century / Steven Beller -- Weininger and the science of sex / Allan Janik -- The expression of exactness / Kevin Mulligan -- The concept of tradition / J.C. NyiÌ#x81;ri -- Minority culture in a capital city / Monika Glettler -- The reception of the Hungarian feminist movement, 1904-14 / F.T. ZsuppaÌ#x81;n -- Paradoxes in Hungarian adepts of symbolism and decadence at the beginning of the twentieth century / AndreÌ#x81; KaraÌ#x81;tson -- Imitation or inspiration / Magda CzigaÌ#x81;ny -- The self / Petr Wittlich -- The significance of Czech fin-de-sieÌ€cle criticism / JirÌŒiÌ#x81; KudrnaÌ#x81;cÌŒ -- The modern occult revival in Vienna, 1880-1910 / Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke -- Conclusory essay / Robert B. Pynsent.

subjects: History,  Intellectual life,  Civilization,  Congresses,  Austria, civilization