Download or read book The Anatomy of Despondency written by Jacob Teunis Harskamp and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-02-21 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a text-orientated approach, this study presents a rich mosaic depicting a tradition of European socio-cultural criticism since the French Revolution. Accepting the inevitability of technological advance, critics rejected the proud assumption of progress and stressed the negatives instead.