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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Character and Culture by Irving Babbitt is the latest volume in
the Library of Conservative Thought. Babbitt was the leader of the
twentieth-century intellectual and cultural movement called
American Humanism or the New Humanism. More than half a century
after his death his intellectual staying power remains
undiminished. The qualities that marked Irving Babbitt as a thinker
and cultural critic of the first rank are richly represented in
"Character and Culture. "First published togetherin 1940 (under the
misleading title "Spanish Character), "these essays span his
scholarly career and cover a wide range of subjects. The diverse
topics discussed here--aesthetics, ethics, religion, politics,
literature--are illuminated by the same unifying vision of human
existence that informs and structures all of Babbitt's writing.
Babbitt never took up a subject out of idle curiosity. All of
his books and articles grew out of a desire to address certain
fundamental questions of life and letters. The essaysin this volume
are as worthy of attention now as when they were originally
written. Set in then- philosophical and historical context by Claes
G. Ryn's new introduction, they are a good place to start for
persons who wish to acquaint themselves not only with Babbitt's
central ideas but with the scope of his mind and interests. Readers
familiar with other books by Babbitt may recognize particular ideas
and formulations but will also find much new material to
ponder.
Ryn's introduction provides a comprehensive look at Irving
Babbitt's life, career, writings, and influence. He shows how
Babbitt has survived and sustained often harsh criticism from
representatives of dominant trends. Ryn describes his writing style
as having "a kind of rugged American elegance." The substantial
critical introduction also elucidates Babbitt's central ideas in
relation to the volume. "Character and Culture "will be of interest
to scholars of literature, philosophers, historians, theologians,
and political theorists. The extensive index to all of Babbitt's
books, including this one, increases the value of the volume.
This book is an exploration and mapping of the frontiers of
research in psychotherapy. The authors make a systematic effort to
discover where the science is going; analyzing conceptual problems,
trends, and issues; record their interviews with the leaders in the
field; and recommend new directions for research. The volume is the
result of a three-year study on collaborative research in
psychotherapy by the National Institute of Mental Health, and was
first published in 1972. In Changing Frontiers in the Science of
Psychotherapy Allen E. Bergin and Hans H. Strupp introduce the
reader to therapeutic science as it appeared to them during a three
year process of evaluating available literature, conducting
interviews with scientists and therapists, and exchanging and
formulating viewpoints. Personal reflections and experiences were
gleaned from working papers, correspondence, and personal material,
all of which gave life to the ongoing processes of science and
provide considerable insight into everyday reality behind the
scenes. The prominent therapists interviewed in this book include
Arnold A. Lazarus, Lester Luborsky, Arthur H. Auerbach, Lyle D.
Schmidt, Stanley R. Strong, Paul E. Meehl, Howard F. Hunt, Bernard
F. Riess, Thomas S. Szasz, Arnold P. Goldstein, Gerald C. Davison,
Bernard Weitzman, J. B. Chassan, Kenneth M. Colby, Albert Bandura,
Robert S. Wallerstein, Harold Sampson, Louis Breger, Howard Levene,
Ralph R. Greenson, Milton Wexler, Carl B. Rogers, Charles B. Traux,
Joseph D. Matarazzo, Neal E. Miller, Henry B. Linford, Peter H.
Knapp, John M. Shlien, David Bakan, Marvin A. Smith, and Peter J.
Lang, all of whom remain leading figures in the literature on
psychotherapy.
Character and Culture by Irving Babbitt is the latest volume in the
Library of Conservative Thought. Babbitt was the leader of the
twentieth-century intellectual and cultural movement called
American Humanism or the New Humanism. More than half a century
after his death his intellectual staying power remains
undiminished. The qualities that marked Irving Babbitt as a thinker
and cultural critic of the first rank are richly represented in
Character and Culture. First published togetherin 1940 (under the
misleading title Spanish Character), these essays span his
scholarly career and cover a wide range of subjects. The diverse
topics discussed here aesthetics, ethics, religion, politics,
literature are illuminated by the same unifying vision of human
existence that informs and structures all of Babbitt's writing.
Babbitt never took up a subject out of idle curiosity. All of his
books and articles grew out of a desire to address certain
fundamental questions of life and letters. The essaysin this volume
are as worthy of attention now as when they were originally
written. Set in then- philosophical and historical context by Claes
G. Ryn's new introduction, they are a good place to start for
persons who wish to acquaint themselves not only with Babbitt's
central ideas but with the scope of his mind and interests. Readers
familiar with other books by Babbitt may recognize particular ideas
and formulations but will also find much new material to ponder.
Ryn's introduction provides a comprehensive look at Irving
Babbitt's life, career, writings, and influence. He shows how
Babbitt has survived and sustained often harsh criticism from
representatives of dominant trends. Ryn describes his writing style
as having "a kind of rugged American elegance." The substantial
critical introduction also elucidates Babbitt's central ideas in
relation to the volume. Character and Culture will be of interest
to scholars of literature, philosophers, historians, theologians,
and political theorists. The extensive index to all of Babbitt's
books, including this one, increases the value of the volume.
This book is an exploration and mapping of the frontiers of
research in psychotherapy. The authors make a systematic effort to
discover where the science is going; analyzing conceptual problems,
trends, and issues; record their interviews with the leaders in the
field; and recommend new directions for research. The volume is the
result of a three-year study on collaborative research in
psychotherapy by the National Institute of Mental Health, and was
first published in 1972.
In Changing Frontiers in the Science of Psychotherapy Allen E.
Bergin and Hans H. Strupp introduce the reader to therapeutic
science as it appeared to them during a three year process of
evaluating available literature, conducting interviews with
scientists and therapists, and exchanging and formulating
viewpoints. Personal reflections and experiences were gleaned from
working papers, correspondence, and personal material, all of which
gave life to the ongoing processes of science and provide
considerable insight into everyday reality behind the scenes.
The prominent therapists interviewed in this book include Arnold
A. Lazarus, Lester Luborsky, Arthur H. Auerbach, Lyle D. Schmidt,
Stanley R. Strong, Paul E. Meehl, Howard F. Hunt, Bernard F. Riess,
Thomas S. Szasz, Arnold P. Goldstein, Gerald C. Davison, Bernard
Weitzman, J. B. Chassan, Kenneth M. Colby, Albert Bandura, Robert
S. Wallerstein, Harold Sampson, Louis Breger, Howard Levene, Ralph
R. Greenson, Milton Wexler, Carl B. Rogers, Charles B. Traux,
Joseph D. Matarazzo, Neal E. Miller, Henry B. Linford, Peter H.
Knapp, John M. Shlien, David Bakan, Marvin A. Smith, and Peter J.
Lang, all of whom remain leading figures in the literature on
psychotherapy.
Irving Babbitt was a giant of American criticism. His writings
from the 1890s to the 1930s helped advance American criticism and
scholarship to international esteem. More than seventy years after
his death his intellectual staying power remains undiminished. "On
Literature, Culture, and Religion" is an ideal introduction to this
seminal American thinker.
Babbitt's opinions were uncompromising, and his vocal allies and
opponents included almost every name in American literature and
scholarship: T. S. Eliot, Edmund Wilson, Paul Elmer More, H. L.
Mencken, and Sinclair Lewis. A founder of New Humanism, Babbitt was
best known for his indictment of Romanticism and his insistence
that the modern age had gone wrong. Babbitt argued for a renewal of
humanistic values and standards--which he found best articulated in
classical Greece, Hinduism, and Buddhism. The selections cover
topics central to Babbitt: criticism, Romanti-cism, classical
literature, French literature, education, democracy, and Buddhism.
They typify Babbitt's method: recondite allusion, penetrating
insight and analysis, impeccable scholarship, and unrelenting
pursuit of the furthest ramification and the profoundest
implication. The original annotation is retained. Brief
introductions to the essays place them in the Babbitt canon.
A major introductory essay by George A. Panichas surveys
Babbitt's career and critical reception and summarizes the concepts
that inform Babbitt's writing. Panichas raises again controversial
issues that were not really resolved in Babbitt's time. The essay
will challenge those long familiar with Babbitt and New Humanism
and those newly introduced thereto.
Irving Babbitt was a giant of American criticism. His writings from
the 1890s to the 1930s helped advance American criticism and
scholarship to international esteem. More than seventy years after
his death his intellectual staying power remains undiminished. On
Literature, Culture, and Religion is an ideal introduction to this
seminal American thinker. Babbitt's opinions were uncompromising,
and his vocal allies and opponents included almost every name in
American literature and scholarship: T. S. Eliot, Edmund Wilson,
Paul Elmer More, H. L. Mencken, and Sinclair Lewis. A founder of
New Humanism, Babbitt was best known for his indictment of
Romanticism and his insistence that the modern age had gone wrong.
Babbitt argued for a renewal of humanistic values and
standards--which he found best articulated in classical Greece,
Hinduism, and Buddhism. The selections cover topics central to
Babbitt: criticism, Romanti-cism, classical literature, French
literature, education, democracy, and Buddhism. They typify
Babbitt's method: recondite allusion, penetrating insight and
analysis, impeccable scholarship, and unrelenting pursuit of the
furthest ramification and the profoundest implication. The original
annotation is retained. Brief introductions to the essays place
them in the Babbitt canon. A major introductory essay by George A.
Panichas surveys Babbitt's career and critical reception and
summarizes the concepts that inform Babbitt's writing. Panichas
raises again controversial issues that were not really resolved in
Babbitt's time. The essay will challenge those long familiar with
Babbitt and New Humanism and those newly introduced thereto.
Written in a prose of almost biblical simplicity and beauty,
Siddhartha is the story of a soul’s long quest for the answer to
the enigma of man’s role on earth. As a youth, the young Indian
Siddhartha meets the Buddha but isn’t content with the
disciple’s role. He must work out his own destiny—a torturous
road on which he experiences a love affair with the beautiful
courtesan Kamala, the temptation of success and riches, the
heartache of struggling with his own son, and finally, renunciation
and self-knowledge. The name “Siddhartha” is often given to the
Buddha himself—perhaps a clue to Hesse’s aims contrasting the
traditional legendary figure with his own conception. This new
edition of the classic Siddhartha includes The Dhammapada (“Path
of Virtue”), the 423 verses attributed to the Buddha himself,
which forms the essence of the ethics of Buddhist philosophy.
." . . one of the few truly important works of political
thought."--Russell KirkIrving Babbitt was a leader of the
intellectual movement called American Humanism, or the New
Humanism, and a distinguished professor of French literature at
Harvard. "Democracy and Leadership, " first published in 1924, is
his only directly political book, and in it he applies the
principles of humanism to the civil social order.Babbitt rejects
all deterministic philosophies of history, whether they be the
older type found in Saint Augustine or Bossuet, which tends to make
of man the puppet of God, or the new type, which tends in all its
varieties to make of man the puppet of nature. He offers a
compelling critique of unchecked majoritarianism and addresses the
great problem of how to discover leaders with standards.
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