Smiling Through the Cultural Catastrophe: Toward the Revival of Higher EducationYale University Press, 1 Eki 2008 - 286 sayfa Although the essential books of Western civilization are no longer central in our courses or in our thoughts, they retain their ability to energize us intellectually, says Jeffrey Hart in this powerful book. He now presents a guide to some of these literary works, tracing the main currents of Western culture for all who wish to understand the roots of their civilization and the basis for its achievements. Hart focuses on the productive tension between the classical and biblical strains in our civilization, between a life based on cognition and one based on faith and piety. He begins with the Iliad and Exodus, linking Achilles and Moses as Bronze Age heroic figures. Closely analysing texts and illuminating them in unexpected ways, he moves on to Socrates and Jesus, who internalized the heroic, continues with Paul and Augustine and their Christian synthesis, addresses Dante, Shakespeare's Hamlet, Moliere, and Voltaire, and concludes with the novel as represented by Crime and Punishment and The Great Gatsby. Hart maintains that the dialectical tensions suggested by this survey account for the restlessness and singular achievements of the West and that the essential books can provide the substance and energy currently missed by both students and educated readers. |
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... tell us something important about the poem . It is the tragedy of Achilles , his overpowering rage and its consequences , of the greatest of warriors dying young for immortal fame . But it is also the universal tragedy of civilization ...
... tell us something important about the poem . It is the tragedy of Achilles , his overpowering rage and its consequences , of the greatest of warriors dying young for immortal fame . But it is also the universal tragedy of civilization ...
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... tell you , death and strong force of fate are waiting.9 There is no pity at all here , no admiration for a fallen but worthy foe . This archaic hero out of the Bronze Age is both icy and remorseless , at once great and barbaric . He ...
... tell you , death and strong force of fate are waiting.9 There is no pity at all here , no admiration for a fallen but worthy foe . This archaic hero out of the Bronze Age is both icy and remorseless , at once great and barbaric . He ...
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... tell his story , he is susceptible to that interpretation . In general , it is not very useful to try to get " behind ” a narrative such as this about prehistoric events and search for historical fact ; but Moses is much more locatable ...
... tell his story , he is susceptible to that interpretation . In general , it is not very useful to try to get " behind ” a narrative such as this about prehistoric events and search for historical fact ; but Moses is much more locatable ...
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