Everything you should know--but PC professors won't teach--about
our Western heritage Western civilization is the envy of the globe.
It has given to the world universally accepted understandings of
human rights (rooted in Judeo-Christian principles), created
standards for art, music, and literature that have never been
equaled, and originated political and social systems that have
spread all across the planet. Unfortunately, the fog of political
correctness now obscures these and other truths about Western
civilization. Leftists and Islamic jihadists find common cause in
assailing Western "colonialism," "imperialism," and "racism" as its
defining characteristics. Guilt-ridden Western leaders and public
figures speak of their cultural patrimony in disparaging terms they
would never dare to use about a non-Western culture. And in the
academy, "multicultural"-minded professors flatter students into
believing they have nothing really to learn from Sophocles or
Shakespeare. But now, Professor Anthony Esolen--one of the
team-teachers of Providence College's esteemed Development of
Western Civilization Core Curriculum--has risen to the West's
defense. The Politically Incorrect Guide(TM) to Western
Civilization takes on the prevailing liberal assumptions that make
Western civilization the universal whipping boy for today's global
problems, and introduces you to the significant events,
individuals, nations, ideas, and artistic achievements that make
Western civilization the greatest the world has ever known.
Today--with the West imperiled as never before by the global jihad
and threats from China and elsewhere--defending the West has become
an urgent imperative: if we don't value what we have and what we
have inherited, we will surely lose it. The Politically Incorrect
Guide(tm) to Western Civilization is an essential sourcebook for
that defense.
General
Imprint: |
Regnery Publishing
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
The Politically Incorrect Guides |
Release date: |
June 2008 |
First published: |
May 2008 |
Authors: |
Anthony Esolen
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Dimensions: |
228 x 183 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
340 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-59698-059-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
1-59698-059-1 |
Barcode: |
9781596980594 |
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