Four cultures of the West / John W. O'Malley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Malley, John W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Western--History.

Civilization, Western.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The workings of Western intelligence in our day - whether in politics or the arts, in the humanities or the church - are as troubling as they are mysterious, leading to the questions: where are we going? What in the world were we thinking? This text provides a broad framework for addressing these questions.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction Athens and Jerusalem

Culture one Prophecy and Reform

Culture two The Academy and the Professions

Culture three Poetry, Rhetoric, and the Common Good

Culture four Art and Performance

Epilogue The Book of Our Experience

Notes

Further Reading

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Originally published: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-254) and index.

ISBN:

9780674266322

0674266323

9780674041691

0674041690