{"product_id":"in-the-shadow-of-tomorrow","title":"In the Shadow of Tomorrow","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Johan Huizinga\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the Shadow of Tomorrow\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e first published in 1936, is a commanding analysis of the Western world in the midst of modernity. Johan Huizinga, best known for his landmark studies \u003ci\u003eThe Waning of the Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHomo Ludens\u003c\/i\u003e, confronts the anxieties and afflictions of his time—the destruction and disease of war, the decay of art and culture, the emergent spiritual apathy of a world grown weary of itself. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eProphetic and powerful, \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly valuable, historically significant treatment of the cultural deterioration in the decades prior to World War II. For, in examining the “modern distemper,” Huizinga provides a cogent diagnosis and remedy that still warrant attention today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohan Huizinga\u003c\/strong\u003e (1872–1945) was a Dutch historian, philosopher, and a founder of modern cultural history. He was professor of history at Gronigen University from 1905 to 1915 and at Leiden University from 1915 to 1942, when the Nazis imprisoned him in a concentration camp. Huizinga lived out his life in exile. His works in English include \u003cem\u003eThe Waning of the Middle Ages\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Erasmus and the Age of Reformation\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHomo Ludens\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback: \u003c\/strong\u003e184pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1950970117\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100026069359,"sku":"978-1950970117","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product42.jpg?v=1781124508","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/in-the-shadow-of-tomorrow","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}