Cultural foundations of industrial civilization : The wiles lectures given at the Queen's University Belfast 1956 / by John U. Nef.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Wiles lectures ; 1956Publication details: Cambridge, England : University Press ; 1958.Description: xiv, 163 pages ; 22 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • CB 478 .N4 1958
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Contents:
I. Movements of the mind, c.1570 - c. 1660 : 1. Towards quantitative precision -- 2. Towards modern science --
II. The genesis of industrialism: 1. The Renaissance and industrial growth -- 2. The Reformation and the weakness of depotism, c. 1540 - c. 1640 -- 3. Toward a quantitative economy - 4. Towards modern technology -- 5. Towards the reinforcement of technology by science --
III. The origin of civilization: 1. The limits of natural science -- 2. Limitations on violence before modern times --
IV. The spiritual basis of civilization : 1. The waning of medieval reality -- 2, The Reformation and religious asceticism -- 3. The infusion of charity into modern reality --
V. The aesthetic basis of civilization : 1. The Renaissance cult of delight -- 2. Towards an ethical content -- 3. Towards greater clarity --
VI. Civilization and industrialism : 1. A new economy of delight -- 2. The 'peaceful conversion' of Chablais -- 3. The salon -- 4. Quality and industrial civilization.
Summary: "Four hundred years ago the pattern of human life and thought was strikingly different from our own. What main features led to the change in that pattern? Professor Nef, a distinguished historian, suggests that economic history cannot alone give the answer: it must be in terms of changing attitudes and interests as much as in terms of a developing economy and a growing technology. The origins of industrialism have to be sought in history as a whole. Man's concern for truth, goodness and beauty has done as much to produce the modern world as economic institutions and natural resources. Professor Nef has it in mind that, for a historian, the importance of human nature cannot be made subservient to that of productivity statistics; in this book he portrays the birth and development of our industrial civilisation in a clearer light. The book is developed from the second series of Wiles lectures given at Queen's University, Belfast and is a successor to Man on his Past by Herbert Butterfield." -- from the publisher
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Includes index.

I. Movements of the mind, c.1570 - c. 1660 : 1. Towards quantitative precision -- 2. Towards modern science --

II. The genesis of industrialism: 1. The Renaissance and industrial growth -- 2. The Reformation and the weakness of depotism, c. 1540 - c. 1640 -- 3. Toward a quantitative economy - 4. Towards modern technology -- 5. Towards the reinforcement of technology by science --

III. The origin of civilization: 1. The limits of natural science -- 2. Limitations on violence before modern times --

IV. The spiritual basis of civilization : 1. The waning of medieval reality -- 2, The Reformation and religious asceticism -- 3. The infusion of charity into modern reality --

V. The aesthetic basis of civilization : 1. The Renaissance cult of delight -- 2. Towards an ethical content -- 3. Towards greater clarity --

VI. Civilization and industrialism : 1. A new economy of delight -- 2. The 'peaceful conversion' of Chablais -- 3. The salon -- 4. Quality and industrial civilization.

"Four hundred years ago the pattern of human life and thought was strikingly different from our own. What main features led to the change in that pattern? Professor Nef, a distinguished historian, suggests that economic history cannot alone give the answer: it must be in terms of changing attitudes and interests as much as in terms of a developing economy and a growing technology. The origins of industrialism have to be sought in history as a whole. Man's concern for truth, goodness and beauty has done as much to produce the modern world as economic institutions and natural resources. Professor Nef has it in mind that, for a historian, the importance of human nature cannot be made subservient to that of productivity statistics; in this book he portrays the birth and development of our industrial civilisation in a clearer light. The book is developed from the second series of Wiles lectures given at Queen's University, Belfast and is a successor to Man on his Past by Herbert Butterfield." -- from the publisher

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