The book covers an overview of the political and socio-cultural aspects of the Dutch Golden Age, Schama depicts themes of Dutch morality and the household economy. He details the Dutch's newfound wealth and conspicuous consumption, while trying to match the restraints of Calvinist philosophy and shame. Schama writes a quasi-anthropological study by utilizing the material culture such as the arts, engravings, illustrated books, delftware and bric-a-brac. He goes on to delve into the culture of smoking, family morality and their excessive penchant with cleaning.[1]
The book details on what gave rise to their sense of community, allegiance and manners. The examination of the Dutch experience as a peculiar people with a manifest destiny saved from the horrors of the flood and the war with the Spanish is much analyzed, seeing their people similar to the reincarnated children of Israel who had entered a new Canaan. To save themselves from the flood, they did this by reclaiming land with dykes and pumping windmills and from this, emerge their communalist ethics.[1]
Criticismedit
Susan Buck-Morss criticizes Schama for his "selective national history" of the Dutch Republic, "that omits much or all of the colonizing story."[2] "One would have no idea that Dutch hegemony in the slave trade—replacing Spain and Portugal as major players—contributed substantially to the enormous overload of wealth that he describes as becoming so socially and morally problematic during the century of Dutch centrality to the "commerce of the world."[2]
embarrassment, riches, silent, american, film, film, interpretation, dutch, culture, golden, book, historian, simon, schama, published, 1987, cover, first, editionauthorsimon, schamacover, artistjan, steenlanguageenglishsubjectdutch, golden, agepublisheralfred. For the silent American film see The Embarrassment of Riches film The Embarrassment of Riches an interpretation of Dutch culture in the Golden Age is a book by historian Simon Schama published in 1987 The Embarrassment of RichesCover of the first editionAuthorSimon SchamaCover artistJan SteenLanguageEnglishSubjectDutch Golden AgePublisherAlfred A KnopfPublication date1987Media typePrint hardcover Pages698ISBN0 394 51075 5 Contents 1 Summary 2 Criticism 3 Footnotes 4 BibliographySummary editThe book covers an overview of the political and socio cultural aspects of the Dutch Golden Age Schama depicts themes of Dutch morality and the household economy He details the Dutch s newfound wealth and conspicuous consumption while trying to match the restraints of Calvinist philosophy and shame Schama writes a quasi anthropological study by utilizing the material culture such as the arts engravings illustrated books delftware and bric a brac He goes on to delve into the culture of smoking family morality and their excessive penchant with cleaning 1 The book details on what gave rise to their sense of community allegiance and manners The examination of the Dutch experience as a peculiar people with a manifest destiny saved from the horrors of the flood and the war with the Spanish is much analyzed seeing their people similar to the reincarnated children of Israel who had entered a new Canaan To save themselves from the flood they did this by reclaiming land with dykes and pumping windmills and from this emerge their communalist ethics 1 Criticism editSusan Buck Morss criticizes Schama for his selective national history of the Dutch Republic that omits much or all of the colonizing story 2 One would have no idea that Dutch hegemony in the slave trade replacing Spain and Portugal as major players contributed substantially to the enormous overload of wealth that he describes as becoming so socially and morally problematic during the century of Dutch centrality to the commerce of the world 2 Herman Pleij a professor of Medieval Dutch literature wrote The Dutch Embarrassment in response 3 Footnotes edit a b Beaver Harold 1987 Healthy wealthy and worried too archive nytimes com Retrieved 19 July 2022 a b Buck Morss 2000 pp 821 865 Pleij 1991 Bibliography editBuck Morss S 2000 Hegel and Haiti Critical Inquiry 26 4 821 865 doi 10 1086 448993 JSTOR 1344332 S2CID 162278297 Pleij H 1991 Het Nederlandse Onbehagen in Dutch Amsterdam Prometheus ISBN 90 5333 068 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Embarrassment of Riches amp oldid 1177347050, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
