Through a glass, darkly : blurred images of cultural tradition and modernity over distance and time / by Wil Arts (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arts, Wilhelmus Antonius, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East and West--Congresses.

East and West.

Civilization, Modern--Congresses.

Civilization, Modern.

Civilization, Modern--Philosophy--Congresses.

Civilization, Modern--1950---Congresses.

Civilization, Modern--1950---Philosophy--Congresses.

Cognition and culture--Congresses.

Cognition and culture.

Social change--Congresses.

Social change.

Culture conflict--Congresses.

Culture conflict.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (115 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Brill, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The question this text addresses is whether our images of cultural tradition and modernity in East and West, in past and present, are so blurred that we look at them as through a glass, darkly? The contributors argue for greater understanding and communication between cultures.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Through a Glass, Darkly: An Introductory Essay; Beyond Melancholy and Before Utopia: A Plea for a Boring World; Experience and Expectations of the East; Global Expectations, Local Experiences: Non-Western Modernities; The Visual Arts Today: Experiences and Expectations; Old Virtues and Vices as Icons of a New Morality; Pursuing the Spirit of the Laws: An Epilogue; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Notes:

Contributions read at a conference held on the 26th of November 1998 at Tilburg University, Holland.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-46418-6

9786610464180

1-4175-4069-9

90-474-0032-1

OCLC:

191039233