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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... things, it provides a framework of in- terpretive categories. Moreover, the book is straightforward and it- erative. Issues and persons keep reappearing, presented each time from a slightly different angle. If you miss them the first ...
... things, it provides a framework of in- terpretive categories. Moreover, the book is straightforward and it- erative. Issues and persons keep reappearing, presented each time from a slightly different angle. If you miss them the first ...
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... things were said was just as important as what was said, even though the how and the what could never be neatly separated. When I began to study the Reformation, I was struck by the same thing. In the famous debate between Erasmus and ...
... things were said was just as important as what was said, even though the how and the what could never be neatly separated. When I began to study the Reformation, I was struck by the same thing. In the famous debate between Erasmus and ...
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... Germanic cultures . They take no account of what we today might call business culture , the culture of the marketplace and the stock exchange . They take no account of legions of other things. Nor do they easily Athens and Jerusalem 5.
... Germanic cultures . They take no account of what we today might call business culture , the culture of the marketplace and the stock exchange . They take no account of legions of other things. Nor do they easily Athens and Jerusalem 5.
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John OMALLEY. account of legions of other things. Nor do they easily correlate with every important religious figure. I do not find an obvious place among the cultures, for instance, for Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of my own ...
John OMALLEY. account of legions of other things. Nor do they easily correlate with every important religious figure. I do not find an obvious place among the cultures, for instance, for Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of my own ...
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... things right, no matter what the cost. Bound like the prophet “to cry aloud and spare not” (Isa. 58.11), Gregory feared he would fail in his mission if, like a dumb dog, he was afraid to bark (Isa. 56.10). This 8 introduction.
... things right, no matter what the cost. Bound like the prophet “to cry aloud and spare not” (Isa. 58.11), Gregory feared he would fail in his mission if, like a dumb dog, he was afraid to bark (Isa. 56.10). This 8 introduction.
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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