The author of the influential The Modern Temper over thirty years
ago, and the recent winner of the NBA award with The Measure of
Man, Dr. Krutch has maintained and extended his consistently
distinguished position as an American man of letters- and opinion.
His new book, intended as a companion volume to The Measure of Man,
further sustains his brilliant exposition of the humanist point of
view. Dr. Krutch examines the subversion, corruption and
dehumanization of Man under the pressures of conformism,
overpopulation, materialism, and every sort of hidden persuasion to
be less than his best. Science and technology and psychology have
replaced the truly proper studies of Man - which is, of course, Man
himself. We need a return to the humanities, and unless this
occurs, man will continue to be pliable and frustrated. Right now
we buy what we don't need to impress people who don't care in a
world dangerously full of hungry, politically discontented people.
We have been sold- and oversold- until we don't know what we want,
how to get it, or who we are at all to begin with. Along the way
Dr. Krutch has his say on status symbols, organization men, the
Johnnies who can't read, management - - and he recapitulates
effort-lessly, succinctly, the field mined by Jacques Barzun, Vance
Packard and W.L. White-with a little of David Riesman. His
contemplative study is a little of all of these, but it is
distinctly his own- pervaded with his abiding faith in the survival
and triumph of Man. For those who bought The House of Intellect and
probably some of those who liked The Status Seekers, it should be
an important book and widely reviewed. (Kirkus Reviews)
General
Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 1979 |
First published: |
April 1979 |
Authors: |
Joseph Wood Krutch
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
211 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-313-21010-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
|
LSN: |
0-313-21010-1 |
Barcode: |
9780313210105 |
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