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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... least have never studied in any depth , but I believe they will profit from the book . Among other things , it provides a framework of in- terpretive categories . Moreover , the book is straightforward and it- erative . Issues and ...
... least on a superficial level . No historical survey in al- most any discipline can omit mention of these two giants who rightly dominate Raphael's famous fresco , " The School of Athens . " Platonism in its various manifestations ...
... least in certain important aspects be reconciled , even though the former city was this - worldly , the latter other - worldly ? Many practitioners in the medieval universities believed reconciliation was possible up to a point . Here ...
... least from Aristotle , right into the as- trophysicist's laboratory . But there is another story , just as impor- tant but less familiar today . 3. HUMANISTIC CULTURE This is the story of great literature and of the modes in which it ...
... linear . If culture two seeks clear - cut definition , this culture , at least in this particular aspect , glories in ambiguity , in rich layers of meaning . Whatever Blake's " Sick Rose " is about , it is Athens and Jerusalem IS.