What good are the arts? Why should we care about the past? For
millennia, humanity has sought to understand and transmit to future
generations not just the "know-how" of life, but the "know-why"-the
meaning and purpose of our existence, as expressed in art,
architecture, religion, and philosophy. This crucial passing down
of knowledge has required the radical integration of insights from
the past and from other cultures. In Culture, acclaimed author,
professor, and public intellectual Martin Puchner takes us on a
breakneck tour through pivotal moments in world history, providing
a global introduction to the arts and humanities in one engaging
volume. From Nefertiti's lost city to the plays of Wole Soyinka;
from the theaters of ancient Greece to Chinese travel journals to
Arab and Aztec libraries; from a South Asian statuette found at
Pompeii to a time capsule left behind on the Moon, Puchner tells
the gripping story of human achievement through our collective
losses and rediscoveries, power plays and heroic journeys,
innovations, imitations, and appropriations. More than a work of
history, Culture is an archive of humanity's most monumental
junctures and a guidebook for the future of us humans as a creative
species. Witty, erudite, and full of wonder, Puchner argues that
the humanities are (and always have been) essential to the
transmission of knowledge that drives the efforts of human
civilization.
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