In the Shadow of Tomorrow

239 Pages·1964·3.106 MB·English

by  Johan H. Huizinga

jan huizinga (1872-1945) was educated at the University
of Groningen, The Netherlands, and graduated in philology
and history. He was Privaat-docent of Indian literature at the
University of Amsterdam, professor of history at the Univer­
sity of Groningen (1905-1915), and after 1915 professor of
general history at the University of Leiden. His books include
Homo Ludens and The Waning of the Middle Ages.
IN NORTON PAPERBOUND EDITIONS
Raymond Aron On War N107
The Opium of the Intellectuals N106
Julien Benda The Treason of the Intellectuals N470
Marc Bloch Strange Defeat: A Statement of Evidence Written in 1940
N371
Jan Huizinga In the Shadow of Tomorrow N484
John U. Nef War and Human Progress: An Essay on the Rise of
Industrial Civilization N468
José Ortega y Gasset The Revolt of the Masses
Bertrand Russell Freedom versus Organization, 1814-1914 N136
Power N479
IN THE SHADOW
OF TOMORROW
BY J. HUIZINGA
Translated from the Dutch by J. H. Huizinga
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Habet mundus iste noctes suas et non paucas.
—Saint Bernard

PREFACE
T book is an elaboration of an address delivered
his
at Brussels on March 8th, 1935. It is possible that
these pages will lead many to think of me as a pes­
simist. I have but this to answer: I am an optimist.
J. H.