A wave of critique a hundred years ago
In the wake of WWI, a sense of dread re: where industrial modernity is leading us.
But differing analyses and critiques:
1919: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Second_Coming_(poem)
1927: This Ugly Civilization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Borsodi
1930: I’ll Take My Stand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Agrarians
1934: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_Against_the_Modern_World
This is indicative of the problem we face. Any hundred people will have a hundred differing ideas about the essence of what’s wrong.