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Still Rebels, Still Yankees and Other Essays (Paperback)
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Still Rebels, Still Yankees and Other Essays (Paperback)
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A decade and more has passed since the first publication of Still
Rebels, Still Yankees. During that time the book has become
recognized as a classic affirmation of the necessity of tradition
in conserving cultural order. Donald Davidson, a major figure in
the Agrarian Movement, summed up the intent of the work this way:
""The general theme that binds the essays- no matter what their
specific subjects- is the conflict between tradition and
anti-tradition that characterizes modern society, with tradition
viewed as the living continuum that makes society and civilization
possible and anti-tradition as the disintegrative principle that
destroys society and civilization in the name of science and
progress. The South, which has suffered most in its devoted defense
of tradition, naturally offers me examples for consideration; but
this is not a book about the South as such. It is as near as I can
come, in essay form, to defining what I would conceive to be the
true American position."" In a brilliant and graceful style,
Davidson pursues his theme in a rich variety of subjects: poetry,
myth, and folklore; and in the complex rivalries between nation and
region, the free citizen and the Leviathan state, the values of
religion and the facts of science. Order, sanity, and fullness of
life are cornerstones of the tradition against which he appraises
writers like Hardy and John Gould Fletcher, the historiography of
Toynbee, and the social reporting of W. J. Cash.
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