Art, Modern -- 20th century
Culture -- Study and teaching
Essays/Prose literature/Literature/Philology
Ethics/Philosophy
Kitsch/Aesthetics/Philosophy
Political science/Social sciences/Civilisation
Values/Metaphysics/Philosophy
Themes and topics in Hermann Broch's *Geist and Zeitgeist: The Spirit in an Unspiritual Age* that can help you draw connections to other books in a library include:
* **Disintegration of values in contemporary culture** 【1】
* **Ethical responsibility in a world without a unified system of values** 【2】【3】
* **The role of myth in literature** 【1】
* **Ethical implications of art, particularly in the context of kitsch** 【1】【4】
* **The spirit of humanity and its connection to language** 【5】
* **Critique of modern culture**
Broch uses innovative literary techniques to present a range of human experience from the biological to the metaphysical 【2】【3】. He addresses the problem of ethical responsibility when there is no unified value system, turning to literature to consider human problems not subject to other means of consideration 【2】【3】. The book also discusses humanity's contempt for words and the despair of the spirit【6】.