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Four Cultures of the West (Paperback, New edition)
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Four Cultures of the West (Paperback, New edition)
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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. The
cultures considered here originated in the ancient world, took on
Christian forms, and manifest themselves today in more secular
ways. These are, as John W. O'Malley identifies them: the prophetic
culture that proclaims the need for radical change in the
structures of society (represented by, for example, Jeremiah,
Martin Luther, and Martin Luther King, Jr.); the academic culture
that seeks instead to understand those structures (Aristotle,
Aquinas, the modern university); the humanistic culture that
addresses fundamental human issues and works for the common good of
society (Cicero, Erasmus, and Eleanor Roosevelt); and the culture
of art and performance that celebrates the mystery of the human
condition (Phidias, Michelangelo, Balanchine). By showing how these
cultures, as modes of activity and discourse in which Western
intelligence has manifested itself through the centuries and
continues to do so, O'Malley produces an essay that especially
through the history of Christianity brilliantly illuminates the
larger history of the West.
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