Four Cultures of the WestHarvard University Press, 2004 M10 15 - 261 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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... 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 for Scholastic content . Did not the latter also have form — or style ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 up to life that helps us make sense of our experience and sparks ...
... ( though he knew it better than he usually gets credit for ) , and he was shocked by Luther's plain talk . The Trent folk as a collectivity belong substantially in culture two , the Münster Anabaptists in culture one , 26 INTRODUCTION.