Pulitzer Prize General Non Fiction Winner
Fin-de-Siècle Vienna
by Carl E. Schorske
Summary
An intellectual and cultural history of Vienna at the turn of the century, exploring how its vibrant art, music, and politics birthed the modern European mind.
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Historical Context & Significance
Schorske used the physical layout of Vienna's Ringstrasse to illustrate the "crisis of the liberal ego" that preceded the rise of psychoanalysis and modernism.