Four Cultures of the WestHarvard University Press, 2009 M06 30 - 272 pages The workings of Western intelligence in our day--whether in politics or the arts, in the humanities or the church--are as troubling as they are mysterious, leading to the questions: Where are we going? What in the world were we thinking? By exploring the history of four "cultures" so deeply embedded in Western history that we rarely see their instrumental role in politics, religion, education, and the arts, this timely book provides a broad framework for addressing these questions in a fresh way. |
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... my training as a Jesuit, very old-fashioned, had been a self-conscious replay and amalgam of the humanistic and Scholastic traditions as they were embodied in educational programs. I was curious to understand better 2 introduction.
... my training as a Jesuit, very old-fashioned, had been a self-conscious replay and amalgam of the humanistic and Scholastic traditions as they were embodied in educational programs. I was curious to understand better 2 introduction.
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John OMALLEY. embodied in educational programs. I was curious to understand better what had happened to me in the process. I knew there was something more involved than the facile explanation that human- ist eloquence provided adornment ...
John OMALLEY. embodied in educational programs. I was curious to understand better what had happened to me in the process. I knew there was something more involved than the facile explanation that human- ist eloquence provided adornment ...
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... better focus certain aspects of Western history, certain modalities of Western intelligence, that have a stunningly long history stretching from ancient times until today. The book, unfashionable in several ways, is in our postmodern ...
... better focus certain aspects of Western history, certain modalities of Western intelligence, that have a stunningly long history stretching from ancient times until today. The book, unfashionable in several ways, is in our postmodern ...
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... better times to come: “For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you and his glory will be seen upon you.” It is therefore the culture of great expectations, expectations ...
... better times to come: “For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you and his glory will be seen upon you.” It is therefore the culture of great expectations, expectations ...
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... better among them saw further that liter- ature reflects the complexities of life and the murky darkness in which our choices must sometimes be made. It is a mirror held to life that helps us make sense of our experience and sparks our ...
... better among them saw further that liter- ature reflects the complexities of life and the murky darkness in which our choices must sometimes be made. It is a mirror held to life that helps us make sense of our experience and sparks our ...
Contents
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culture one Prophecy and Reform | 37 |
culture two The Academy and the Professions | 77 |
culture three Poetry Rhetoric and the Common Good | 127 |
culture four Art and Performance | 179 |
epilogue The Book of Our Experience | 235 |
Notes | 241 |
Further Reading | 249 |
Acknowledgments | 255 |
Index | 257 |
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