1st Edition
Celebrations The Cult of Anniversaries in Europe and the United States Today
By William M. Johnston
Copyright 1991
200 Pages
by
Routledge
199 Pages
by
Routledge
199 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the twentieth century, celebrations of historical anniversaries abounded. There was the bicentennial of the French Revolution, the 150th anniversary of photography, Bach's 300th anniversary, and the 200th anniversary of the American Constitution, to name just a few. Every year hundreds of anniversaries still attract media attention and government investment in ever greater degrees. Deploying an... Read more
One: Cultural Anniversaries and Postmodernism in Western Europe and the United States; 1: Anniversaries during 1988: Opportunities Seized and Missed; 2: The Cult of Anniversaries and Rhythms of the Calendar; 3: National Identity and Its Propagation through Anniversaries; 4: The Commemoration Industry and the Economic Benefits of Anniversaries; 5: Courtly Traditions and National Styles of Commemoration; 6: Humanist Tradition as a Link between Countries and Generations; 7: Objections to the Cult of Anniversaries; Two: Anniversaries during the 1990s and Bimillennial Consciousness; 8: Anniversaries from Ancient Greece and Rome as Harbingers of the Bimillennium; 9: Christian Anniversaries in a Secular Age; 10: Beyond Postmodernism: From the Age of Anniversaries to Bimillennial Consciousness
Biography
William M. Johnston
