Ebook: The Heritage of Our Times

Heritage of Our Times is a brilliant examination of modern culture and its legacy by one of the most important and deeply influential thinkers of the 20th century. Bloch argues that the key elements of a genuine cultural tradition are not just to be found in the conveniently closed and neatly labeled ages of the past, but also in the open and experimental cultural process of our time. One of the most compelling aspects of this work is a contemporary analysis of the rise of Nazism. It probes its bogus roots in German history and mythology at the very moment when the ideologies of Blood and Soil and the Blond Beast were actually taking hold of the German people. The breadth and depth of Bloch's vision, together with the rich diversity of his interest, ensure this work a place as one of the key books of the 20th century.;CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT -- TRANSLATORSâ€"!INTRODUCTION -- PREFACE TO THE 1935 EDITION -- POSTSCRIPT, 1962 -- DUST -- HALF -- MUSTINESS -- GOSSIP -- KNOWING EYES -- FROM NEAR AND FAR -- KITSCH THAT WRITES -- UNCHECKED -- PART I: EMPLOYEES AND DIVERSION -- THE JADED MAN -- THE COLLARS -- SMALL TOWN (1924) -- ARTIFICIAL CENTRE (1929) -- THE DAZZLING FILM STAR -- BELOW THE BORDERLINE[11] -- A VICTORYOFTHEMAGAZINE(1929) -- APPEARANCE THAT DESCRIBES -- SUBSTITUTE AND NEW -- PART II: NON-CONTEMPORANEITY AND INTOXICATION