Four Cultures of the WestHarvard University Press, 2004 M10 15 - 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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... mass belongs preeminently in this culture , for it is essen- tially a mime . Although in Christian belief the mystery of Christ's death and resurrection is what is ultimately being celebrated , the action follows the pattern , highly ...
... mass and the Hours , and especially in later centuries it could be elaborate indeed . The text of religious plays , for in- stance , was sung , whether these were more or less successfully knit- ted into the fabric of the mass , as with ...
... mass was an attack on the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist . The mass , nothing more in this perspective than an adoration of bread and wine , was thus as idolatrous as adoration of a painted canvas . Karlstadt repre- sented an ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION Athens and Jerusalem I | 1 |
CULTURE THREE Poetry Rhetoric and the | 127 |
CULTURE FOUR Art and Performance | 179 |
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