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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... held out a more circumscribed but seemingly just as unattainable eventuality: “I have a dream.” This culture appeals to a higher standard, revealed to the few, hidden from the many. God wills it. In a post-Enlightenment, more ...
... held out a more circumscribed but seemingly just as unattainable eventuality: “I have a dream.” This culture appeals to a higher standard, revealed to the few, hidden from the many. God wills it. In a post-Enlightenment, more ...
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... held high in this culture were embodied and exemplified in literature, which begins with poetry. Homer was the schoolmaster of Greece. In poetry the reasons of the heart prevail, in a form of discourse that is more circular than linear ...
... held high in this culture were embodied and exemplified in literature, which begins with poetry. Homer was the schoolmaster of Greece. In poetry the reasons of the heart prevail, in a form of discourse that is more circular than linear ...
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... held to life that helps us make sense of our experience and sparks our moral imagination. Even as “the classics” became in recent centu- ries ever more relegated to specialists in Latin and Greek, the novel and the play assumed for the ...
... held to life that helps us make sense of our experience and sparks our moral imagination. Even as “the classics” became in recent centu- ries ever more relegated to specialists in Latin and Greek, the novel and the play assumed for the ...
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... held in 1962–1965. 4. artistic culture This is the culture that expresses itself in ritual performance like coronation rites, graduation ceremonies, and Veterans' Day pa- rades. It is the culture of dance, painting, sculpture, music ...
... held in 1962–1965. 4. artistic culture This is the culture that expresses itself in ritual performance like coronation rites, graduation ceremonies, and Veterans' Day pa- rades. It is the culture of dance, painting, sculpture, music ...
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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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