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Critique of Modernity
The book disparages modern ideas like democracy, equality, progress, and nationalism as expressions of 'slave-morality' and plebeianism, leading to the weakening of the will, cultural mediocrity, and the distrust of everything great and exceptional.
Critique of Modernity appears as a literary theme in 3 works in the BetterReads curated set. Each book develops the idea in its own plot, voice, and historical moment — the links below open the book-scoped theme guide beside the text.
The book disparages modern ideas like democracy, equality, progress, and nationalism as expressions of 'slave-morality' and plebeianism, leading to the weakening of the will, cultural mediocrity, and the distrust of everything great and exceptional.
The lectures critique the modern obsession with efficiency, commercial utility, and the inversion of values that prioritizes 'What Does' over 'What Is', lamenting the loss of the humanities in favor of practical science and material gain.
Khalid condemns the materialism, superficiality, and moral decay of modern urban life, especially in New York, while also critiquing the backwardness and fanaticism of traditional societies.
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The book disparages modern ideas like democracy, equality, progress, and nationalism as expressions of 'slave-morality' and plebeianism, leading to the weakening of the will, cultural mediocrity, and the distrust of ever
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The lectures critique the modern obsession with efficiency, commercial utility, and the inversion of values that prioritizes 'What Does' over 'What Is', lamenting the loss of the humanities in favor of practical science
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Khalid condemns the materialism, superficiality, and moral decay of modern urban life, especially in New York, while also critiquing the backwardness and fanaticism of traditional societies.
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