Four Cultures of the West

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Harvard 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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Contents

introduction Athens and Jerusalem
1
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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