Future tense : the lessons of culture in an age of upheaval / edited by Roger Kimball.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kimball, Roger, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern--21st century.

Civilization, Modern.

United States--Civilization--21st century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Encounter Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We are living in an age of unprecedented upheaval. The future of Western culture is uncertain. America's economic and political vitality are more fragile than ever. The preservation of tradition is far from guaranteed.Many have observed that we are living through a world historical moment of which Hegel spoke: a time when many of the traditional assumptions about the shape and future of culture are suddenly in play. As The New Criterion embarks on its fourth decade of publication, the magazine commemorates its commitment to the civilizing values of informed criticism wi

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; America Resumed: 9/11 Remembered: Michael J. Lewis; Is America Periclean?: Victor Davis Hanson; A Prometheus Bound: Andrew Roberts; America & the Angels of Sacré-Coeur: David Bentley Hart; Everybody Gets Rich: Kevin D. Williamson; Under the Scientific Bo Tree: Anthony Daniels; What's a Museum?: James Panero; Enter Totalitarian Democracy: Andrew C. McCarthy; Out of the Wilderness: Charles Murray; The Fourth Revolution: James Piereson; The Lessons of Culture: Roger Kimball; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781594036477

1594036470

OCLC:

818857135